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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.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfpenny. Struck 1344-1351. London (Tower) mint. Third or Florin coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1131; SCBC 1557. 0.60gr, 15mm, 4h.
Good Fine. Chipped, dark old cabinet tone.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfpenny. 1335-1343. London (Tower) mint. Second coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✠ ЄDWARDVS REX A with crowned facing bust, drapery composed of two wedges. / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée with three pellets in angles. Cf. SCBC 1540. 0.62gr, 17mm, 4h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR York Penny. 1377-1399. York mint. Local dies.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠RICARD[VS REX] AnGLIE, facing bust with pellet above each shoulder / CIVITAS E.[BORACI], long cross and pellets with quatrefoil at centre. Cf. SCBC 1692. 0.98gr, 17mm, 10h.
Good Fine. Sometime cleaned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
