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 III AR Penny. Struck 1251/2-1252. Bury St. Edmunds mint; Randulf le Blunt, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class Vb2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ҺЄNRICVS (NR ligate) R-ЄX III, crowned facing head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left / RANDVLF (AN ligate) ON(ligate) SЄD, long voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 992/2; SCBC 1368A. 1.42gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Lustrous metal.
Ex Brussels hoard. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1431-1432/3. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 7a. Pinecone-mascle issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
(Cross) ҺЄNRIC (pinecone) RЄX (mascle) ANGL, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1468; SCBC 1884. 0.46gr, 14mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Struck on a large flan.
Ex Coincraft (RC8-6013). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. Struck 1461-1462/3. Durham mint under John Orwell; i.m; plain cross. Heavy coinage, type IV.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
(Cross) ЄDWARD RЄX ANGLI, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS DON-OLI, long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters, rose in centre. North 1544; SCBC 1988A. 0.52gr, 15mm, 12h.
Fine.
Found Shropshire, UK.
