LOT 3810
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Circa 1430-1431. Calais mint; i.m: plain cross. Rosette-mascle issue.
(Plain cross) ꞂЄRIC (rosette) [RЄ]X (mascle) AnGL, crowned facing bust / VIL-(mascle)LA ˣ CAL-IS (rosette), long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. Whitton III RM.6/f; North 1454; SCBC 1871. Good Fine.(0.46gr, 15mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, Edward I or II AR Farthing. 1272-1327. London mint. Class X-XI.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX AN(?) (legend starting at 7h), crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1450 (Edward I) or 1474 (Edward II); Withers Type 30 (unrecorded variety). 0.26gr, 12mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. An exceptionally rare and probably unique variety, with the obverse legend starting not at 12h as usual but at 7h.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1250-1272. London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ҺЄHRICVS RЄX III, crowned facing head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left / ҺЄN-RI O-N LV-NDЄ, long voided cross with central pellet, quatrefoils in each angle. Cf. SCBC 1367A. 1.33gr, 18mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1248-1250. Winchester mint; Iordan, moneyer. Long Cross type, class 3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
(Six-pointed star) ҺЄNRICVS RЄX III, facing crowned head / IVR-DAN ON W-INC, long voided cross with pellet centre, three pellets in each angle. North 987/1; SCBC 1362b. 1.32gr, 17mm, 8h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
