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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Group of Three [3] English Medieval AR Coins. 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various rulers. 1.64gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Shropshire, UK. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Silver Penny. Struck circa 1242. Canterbury mint; Osmund, moneyer. Short Cross type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ OSMVND ON CANT, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. SCBC 1356. 1.43gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Penny 1377-1399. York mint. Local dies(?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
✠ RICARDVS ˣˣ RЄX ˣ AꞂGLIЄ, facing crowned bust / ˣ CIVI-TAS ЄBO-RACI, long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil centre; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. North 1330a; cf. SCBC 1691. 1.11gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
Found Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report, with reference no. NMS-9CBB27.
