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LOT 3879
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Groat. Struck 1354-1355. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 3. Fourth coinage. Pre-treaty period, series E.
(Cross 3) ЄDWARD' ◦ DI G RЄX ◦ AͶGL' ◦ Z ◦ FRA[...], crowned facing bust, with lis on breast; all within tressure of arches with trefoils at cusps / (Cross 3) POSVI ◦ DЄVᙏ ◦ A-DIVTOR-Є[...] and CIVI-TAS LOII-DOII, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1163; SCBC 1568. Good Fine.(4.39gr, 26mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny Struck in the name of Henry II, 1204-1209. Canterbury mint; Simon, moneyer. Short cross type, class 5b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, crowned facing bust holding sceptre / ✠ SIMON ON CANT, voided short cross with small crosses in angles. North 970; SCBC 1351. 1.29gr, 18mm, 10h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1431-1432/3. Tower (London) mint; i.m: cross fleury. Pinecone-mascle issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
+ hЄꞂRIC (pinecone) RЄX (mascle) AꞂGL, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters. North 1468; SCBC 1884. 0.48gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfgroat. Struck 1351-1352. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 1. Fourth coinage, Pre-Treaty Period. Series C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ ЄDWARDV[...] FRAͶC, facing crowned bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps / ✠ [...] ADIVT-ORЄᙏ and CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée with three pellets in each quarter. North 1148; SCBC 1574. 1.94gr, 22mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
Found near Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-B1A461.
