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LOT 3179
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1436-1438. Tower (London) mint, Leaf-trefoil issue.
(Plain Cross) ✠ ꞂЄnRIC RЄX AnGL, crowned facing bust; leaf on breast / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée with trefoils in quarters. North 1492; SCBC 1905. Fine. Dark old cabinet tone.(0.41gr, 14mm, 2h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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