LOT 3812
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1454-1461. London (Tower) mint; i.m: plain cross. Cross-pellet issue.
✠ ꞂЄnRIC RЄX AnGL, crowned facing bust; saltire on breast / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters, additional pellet in second quarter. North 1524; SCBC 1943. Good Fine. Pierced. Very rare with one additional pellet on reverse.(0.41gr, 13mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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 1250-1272. London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ҺЄNRICVS 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. 1.32gr, 18mm, 4h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. York (Restored), Edward IV AR Groat. Struck 1480-1483. London (Tower) mint; i.m: heraldic cinquefoil. Type XXI.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps, rose on breast / Long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1631; SCBC 2100. 2.80gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
