LOT 3324
England. Norman, Stephen AR Cut Halfpenny. 1135-1154.
Possibly Carlisle or Cardiff mint. Uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. Cross moline ('Watford') type. Illegible inscription, crowned and diademed bust to right holding sceptre in right hand / ✠[...]CAR, cross moline with fleur in each angle. North 873; SCBC 1278. Fair.(0.63gr, 21mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFound Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, UK.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with reference no. PAS YORYM-950E8A.
During this turbulent period in English history many irregular coins were struck and coins were also issued from dies that had been deliberately defaced, possibly as a rejection of Stephen's authority (note from PAS).
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England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. 1247-1272.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £82
London mint; Nicole, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 5a2. ҺЄNRICVS RЄX (ball-tailed R) III, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / NIC-OLЄ ON L-VND (ON and ND ligate), long voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 991/3; SCBC 1367A. 1.35gr, 18mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Brussels Hoard. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Halfpenny. 1377-1399.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
London (Tower) mint. ✠ RICARD REX ×× ANG '×, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LOИ-DOИ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Apparently unrecorded, otherwise cf. North 1331-1332 and SCBC 1699-1700. 0.54gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Fine. Apparently unrecorded variant.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. 1199-1216
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
London mint; Abel, moneyer. Short Cross type, class VIa2. Struck in the name of Henry II, circa 1210-circa 1213. ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, facing crowned bust holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ ABЄL • ON • LVNDЄ (ND ligate), short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 974/2; SCBC 1353. 1.38gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
