LOT 3905
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1436-1438. Tower (London) mint; i.m: plain cross. Leaf-trefoil(?) issue.
✠ ꞂЄnRIC ˣ RЄX ˣ AnGL, crowned facing bust; leaf on breast(?) / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée with trefoils in quarters. Cf. North 1492; cf. SCBC 1905. Near Very Fine.(0.47gr, 12mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Penny. Struck 1180. London mint; Reinald, moneyer. Short Cross coinage. Class 1a.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
ҺENRICVS • R-EX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ RЄNΛLD • ON • LVN, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 962; SCBC 1343. 1.43gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found near Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-B4D683. -
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England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1422-1430. Calais mint. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
(Cross) ҺЄNRIC xx RЄX xx ANGL, crowned facing bust; annulets flanking / VIL-LA xx CAL-IS xx, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1435; SCBC 1849. 0.43gr, 14mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Terry Char. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny Struck 1248-1250. Hereford mint; Henry, moneyer. Long cross type, class 3b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
✶ ҺЄNRICVS (NR ligate) RЄX III', crowned facing bust / ҺЄNRI O-N ҺЄ-RЄF (NR and ЄF ligate), voided long cross, with central pellet; triple pellets in quarters. North 987; SCBC 1363. 1.14gr, 18mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
