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, Edward III AR Halfpenny. 1327-1377.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
London (Tower) mint; struck 1344-1351. Third (Florin) coinage. ✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. SCBI 39 (North), 1100-1; North 1131; SCBC 1557. 0.63gr, 14mm, 3h.
Near Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Groat. 1327-1377.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
London (Tower) mint; mm: cross 3. Fourth coinage, Pre-treaty period, series G. Struck 1356-1361. ✠ ЄDWAD ◦ D ◦ G ◦ RЄX ◦ ANGL ◦ Z ◦ FRANC ◦ D ◦ ҺУB ◦, crowned facing bust, with trefoil on breast; all within tressure of arches with trefoils at cusps / ✠ POSVI ◦ DЄVᙏ ◦ A-DIVTOR-Єᙏ ◦ ᙏЄV' and CIVI-T•A•S LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulet in first and fourth(?) quarter. North 1198; SCBC 1570. 4.53gr, 27mm, 9h.
Near Fine. Very rare variety.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Hafpenny. 1327-1377.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
London mint; i.m: cross 3. Second coinage; struck 1335-1343. ✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX AN✶, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS ✶ LON-DON, long cross with three pellets in angles. North 1102; SCBC 1540. 0.63gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
