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, Edward III AR Groat. Struck 1354-1355. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 3. Fourth coinage. Pre-treaty period, series E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
(Cross 3) ЄDWARD' ◦ DI G RЄX ◦ AͶGL' ◦ Z ◦ FRA[...], crowned facing bust, with lis on breast; all within tressure of arches with trefoils at cusps / (Cross 3) POSVI ◦ DЄVᙏ ◦ A-DIVTOR-Є[...] and CIVI-TAS LOII-DOII, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1163; SCBC 1568. 4.39gr, 26mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Penny. Struck 1282-9. London mint. New Coinage, class 4d.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
✠ • ЄDW R' ANGL' DNS ҺУB, crowned facing bust / [•] CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross with three pellets in each quarter. North 1026; SCBC 1397. 1.40gr, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Double struck.
Ex Terry Char. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck circa 1430-1431. Calais mint; i.m: plain cross(?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✠ ꞂЄnR[...] RЄX ◊ An[...], crowned facing bust / VIL-◊LA[...], long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1862. 0.36gr, 12mm, 6h.
Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Shropshire, UK.
