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LOT 3181
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1445-1454. London (Tower) mint, Leaf-pellet issue.
(Cross fleurée?) ꞂЄn ˣ RIC RЄX ˣ AnGLI ˣ, crowned facing bust; pellets flanking crown, leaf on breast / CIVI-TAS LOn-DOn, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters; additional pellet at fourth quarter. Cf. Withers III PL.12/e; North 1512; SCBC 1928. Fine.(0.49gr, 14mm, 2h.).
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 1248-1250. London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 3a2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
(Star) ҺЄHRICVS (NR ligate) RЄX (X with one curved limb) : III', crowned facing head / ҺЄH-RI O-H LV-ИDЄ (ЄH and ИD ligate), long voided cross with central pellet, quatrefoils in each angle. North 986; SCBC 1362A. 1.27gr, 20mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Penny. Struck circa 1299-late 1300/early 1301. Durham mint; i.m: cross moline. Antony Bek, bishop. New coinage, class 9b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
(Cross moline) ЄDW R' ANGL DNS hyB', crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS-DVR-ЄMЄ, long cross pattée with three pellets in each quarter. North 395; SCBC 1423. 1.29gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Scarce.
Found Norfolk, UK. -
England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. 1199-1216. London mint. Class 5b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ҺЄnRICVS RЄX, crowned head facing; cross-tipped sceptre to left, fine portrait. / ✠ WILLELM T ON LV, voided short cross; quatrefoils in angles. Cf. SCBC 1351. 1.41gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
