LOT 3781
England. Plantagenet, Edward I or II AR Farthing. 1272-1327. London mint. Class X-XI.
✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX AN(?) (legend starting at 7h), crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1450 (Edward I) or 1474 (Edward II); Withers Type 30 (unrecorded variety). Near Very Fine. An exceptionally rare and probably unique variety, with the obverse legend starting not at 12h as usual but at 7h.(0.26gr, 12mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfpenny. 1327-1377. London (Tower) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX AN, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1558. 0.50gr, 15mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck circa 1216-1247. Canterbury mint; Henri, moneyer. Short Cross type, class VIIb.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ HЄNRI ON CANT, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 979; SCBC 1356B. 1.31gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Farthing. Struck January-May 1280. London mint. New coinage, class 2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
+ ЄDWARDVS RЄX, crowned facing bust / LOИ-DOИ-IЄИ-SIS, long cross pattée; three pellets in quarters. North 1052; SCBC 1444. 0.39gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
