LOT 3903
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1431-1432/3. Tower (London) mint; i.m: cross fleury. Pinecone-mascle issue.
+ hЄꞂRIC (pinecone) RЄX (mascle) AꞂGL, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters. North 1468; SCBC 1884. Near Very Fine.(0.48gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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. -
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England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Penny. Struck 1422-1430. Calais mint; i.m: incurved pierced cross. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
(Cross) ҺЄNRICVS ˣˣ RЄX ˣˣ ANGLIЄ, crowned facing bust; annulets flanking / VIL-LA ˣˣ CAL-IS ˣˣ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1432; SCBC 1845. 0.74gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. York, Edward IV or Henry VI AR Penny. 1422-1483. York mint; i.m: uncertain.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Illegible inscription, crowned facing bust / CIV[...]RACI, long cross pattée with pellet-in-quatrefoil at centre; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 2062 or 1924. 0.90gr, 16mm, 6h.
Fine. Double struck of obverse.
Found Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report, with reference no. NMS-0205AE.
The pellet-in-quatrefoil in the centre resembles that on the Penny of Henry VI (SCBC 1924) but due to the double struck of the obverse, neither the leaf on the king's breast nor the pellets flanking the crown are clearly visible.
