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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.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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