LOT 3901
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck circa 1430-1431. Calais mint; i.m: cross patonce. Rosette-mascle issue.
(Cross patonce) ꞂЄnRIC (rosette) [...] RЄX ◊ AnGL, crowned facing bust / VIL-◊LA CALI-SIЄ (rosette), long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1454; SCBC 1871. Good Fine.(0.55gr, 14mm, 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 Halfgroat. Struck 1351-1352. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 1. Fourth coinage, Pre-Treaty Period. Series C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ ЄDWARDV[...] FRAͶC, facing crowned bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps / ✠ [...] ADIVT-ORЄᙏ and CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée with three pellets in each quarter. North 1148; SCBC 1574. 1.94gr, 22mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
Found near Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-B1A461. -
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England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Groat. Struck 1422-1430. Calais mint; i.m: pierced cross. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
(Pierced cross) ҺЄNRIC 'ˣ DI ˣ GRA 'ˣ RЄX ˣ ANGL Z FRANC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps, annulets flanking neck / (Pierced cross) POSVI DЄVᙏ × A-DIVTOR-Є '× ᙏЄVᙏ and VIL-LA ×× CALI-SIЄ ˣˣ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1427; SCBC 1836. 3.31gr, 26mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Penny. Struck 1180-circa 1182. London mint; Randulf, moneyer. Short Cross type, class Ib.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ҺЄNRICVS • R-ЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ RANDVLF • ON • LVND, voided short cross; quatrefoil in each angle. North 963; SCBC 1344. 1.45gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
