LOT 3976
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfgroat. Struck 1351-1352. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 1. Fourth coinage, Pre-Treaty Period. Series C.
(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. Near Very Fine. Scratches and hairlines.(2.04gr, 22mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFound Lincolnshire, UK.
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England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Groat. Struck 1422-1427. London (Tower) mint; i.m: incurved pierced cross. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
(Incurved pierced cross) ҺЄꞂRIC ˣ' DI ˣ' GRA ˣ' RЄX ˣ AꞂGL ˣ' Z ˣ FRAꞂC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps / (Incurved pierced cross) POSVI ◦ DЄVᙏ ˣˣ A-DIVTOR-Є ˣ' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS ˣˣ LOꞂ-DOꞂ ˣˣ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1423; SCBC 1835. 3.67gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Penny. 1344-1351. London mint. Third (Florin) coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
✠ ЄDW R ◦ [AꞂ]GL◦ DꞂS ◦ ҺЧB', crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross with three pellets in each quarter. North 1113-4; SCBC 1544. 1.27gr, 19mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Areas of weak strike.
Found Yorkshire, UK. Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with no.YORYM-DEF231 corr. (Durham mint). -
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck circa 1461-1470. London (Tower) mint; i.m: sun. Light coinage. Mule of Classes Vd/VI.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
(Sun) ЄDWARD × DI × GRA RЄX ANGL × Z × FRANC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps; quatrefoils flanking neck / (Sun) POSVI DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVTOR-Є' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters; additional pellet in second quarter under CIVI. Blunt and Whitton (BNJ 1945-48) pg.155, 1 (pl.IV, 8); North 1568/9; SCBC 2000. 3.08gr, 26gr, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Double struck of obverse. Rare variety.
Acquired on the UK art market.
