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LOT 3178
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1431-1432/3. Tower (London) mint, First reign, Pinecone-mascle issue.
(Cross fleury) + hЄꞂRIC (mascle) RЄX (pinecone) AꞂGL, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters. North 1468; SCBC 1884. Very Fine. Old dark cabinet tone.(0.46gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Plantagenet. Edward III AR Halfpenny. 1335-1343. London (Tower) mint. Second coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✠ ЄDWARDVS REX ANG with six-pointed star after, crowned facing bust, drapery composed of two wedges. / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée with three pellets in angles. Cf. SCBC 1540. 0.60gr, 16mm, 10h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. 1422-1430. Calais mint. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
(Plain cross) ҺЄNRIC ˣˣ RЄX ˣˣ ANGL', crowned facing bust, annulets flanking neck / VIL-LAˣˣ CAL-ISˣˣ, long cross pattée, three pellets in angles, annulet in two quarters. SCBC 1849. 0.35gr, 13mm, 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. 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.
