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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.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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