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. York, Edward IV AR Halfgroat. Struck 1464-1467. Canterbury mint; i.m: pall. Archbishop Bourchier.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
(Pall) ЄDWARD DI GRA RЄX AꞂGL Z FRAꞂ, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches, with trefoils on cusps / (Pall) POSVI DЄVᙏ A-DIVTOR-Є ˣ' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS CAꞂ-TOR, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. SCBC 2028. 1.18gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck circa 1464-1467. London (Tower) mint; i.m: rose/?. Light coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
(Rose) ЄDWARD' DI × GRA × RЄX ANGL × Z [FRAN]C, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps; quatrefoils flanking neck / [(?) POSVI] DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVTOR-Є × ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS (lis) LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North -; SCBC 2000. 2.39gr, 24mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare with lis on reverse.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck circa 1216-1247. Canterbury mint; Henri, moneyer. Short Cross type, class VIIb.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ HЄNRI ON CANT, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 979; SCBC 1356B. 1.31gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
