LOT 3517
England. Plantagenet, Edward II AR Halfpenny. 1307-1327.
London mint. + EDWARDVS REX AN, crowned bust facing / CIVITAS LONDON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. SCBC 1472. Near Fine.(0.51gr, 15mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. First 1461-1470.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck in an illicit mint in London, circa 1490-1500. Contemporary counterfeit of a London mint issue. Crowned facing bust / CIVI-CO[...], long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. M. Archibald, "The Queenhithe hoard of late-fifteenth century forgeries," BNJ 50 (1980), p. 62, London rev. 0.48gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974. Property of an Essex collector. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. First reign, 1461-1470.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck in an illicit mint in London, circa 1490-1500. Contemporary counterfeit of a Light coinage issue of the York mint. [ECAR]CVS CЄI [GRA REX], crowned facing bust / C[IVI-TAS ERO]-RAC, long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil at centre; triples pellets in quarters. M. Archibald, "The Queenhithe Hoard of Late-Fifteenth-Century Forgeries," in BNJ 50 (1980), p. 62, York rev. 1. 0.48gr, 15mm, 8h.
Near Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974. Property of an Essex collector. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfgroat. First reign, 1422-1461.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Calais mint; i.m: incurved pierced cross/-. Annulet issue, struck 1422-1427. (Incurved pierced cross) ҺЄNRIC '× DI '× GRA '× RЄX ANGL '× Z × FR, crowned facing bust within double polylobe, fleurs at cusps; annulets flanking neck / [POSVI] DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVT-ORЄ ×× ᙏ ×× and VIL-LA ×× CAL-IS ××, long cross fourchée; triple pellets in quarters; additional annulet in second and third quarter. North 1429; cf. SCBC 1840. 1.70gr, 20mm, 3h.
Fine.
Found Yorkshire/County Durham, UK.
