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LOT 3880
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfgroat. Struck 1351-1352. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 1. Fourth coinage, Pre-Treaty Period. Series C.
✠ 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. Good Fine.(1.94gr, 22mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFound near Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-B1A461.
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England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck 1469-1470. London (Tower) mint; i.m: sun. Light coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
(Sun) ЄDWARD × DI GRA × RЄX × ANGL' × S × FRANC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps; quatrefoils flanking neck / (Sun) POSVI DЄVᙏ × A-DIVTOR-Є × ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS (lis) LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1569; SCBC 2000. 3.00gr, 26mm, 11h.
Good Fine. Toned. Lis in reverse legend.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AV Noble. 1351-1361. London mint; i.m: cross pattée. Fourth Coinage, Pre-Treaty Period.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,298
ЄDWARD ◦ DЄI ◦ GRA ◦ RЄX ◦ ANGL ◦ Z ◦ FRANC ◦ D ҺУB, King standing facing in ship, holding sword with left hand and shield bearing coat-of-arms with right; all within beaded border / ✠ IhC ˣ AVTЄᙏ ˣ TRANSIЄNS ˣˣ P ˣ ᙏЄDIVᙏ ˣ ILLORVᙏ ˣ IBAT, short cross potent over cross fleurée; voided angled polylobe containing Є at centre, lion passant guardant with crown above and trefoil below in each angle; all within polylobe, lis in each spandrel. Cf. North 1138; cf. SCBC 1484. 7.65gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Lincolnshire, UK. -
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England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Penny. Struck circa 1185-circa 1189. London mint; Raul, moneyer. Short cross type, class Ic.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, facing crowned bust holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ RΛVL • ON • LVNDЄ, voided short cross with small crosses in angles. North 964; SCBC 1345. 1.28gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
