LOT 3794
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Groat. Struck 1352-1353. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 1. Fourth coinage. Pre-treaty period, series D.
(Cross 1) ЄDWARD ◦ D ◦ G RЄX AIIGL Z FRAͶC D ҺУB, crowned facing bust, with trefoil on breast; all within tressure of arches with trefoils at cusps / (Cross 1) POSVI DЄVᙏ ◦ A-DIVTOR-Єᙏ ᙏЄV and CIVI-TAS LOͶ-DOͶ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1152; SCBC 1566. Near Fine.(3.84gr, 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, Edward III AR Halfgroat. Struck 1351-1352. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 1. Pre-Treaty Period. Series C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
(Cross 1) ЄDWARDVS ◦ RЄX ◦ ANGLI ◦ Z ◦ FRAͶC, facing crowned bust within tressure of arches / (Cross 1) POS-VI ◦ DЄV ◦ ◦ ADIVT-ORЄᙏ and CIVI-TAS LOͶ-DOͶ, long cross pattée with three pellets in each quarter. North 1148; SCBC 1574. 2.11gr, 23mm, 2h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Tudor, Henry VIII AR Halfpenny. Struck 1509-1526. London (Tower) mint; i.m: portcullis crowned/-. First coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
+ (Portcullis crowned) ҺЄNRIC DI GRA RЄX, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross fourchée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1779; SCBC 2334. 0.30gr, 13mm, 9h.
Near Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I or II AR Farthing. 1272-1327. London mint. Class X-XI.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
✠ 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). 0.26gr, 12mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. An exceptionally rare and probably unique variety, with the obverse legend starting not at 12h as usual but at 7h.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
