LOT 3898
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfpenny. Struck 1344-1351. London (Tower) mint. Third (Florin) coinage.
✠ ЄDWARDVS R[...], crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1131; SCBC 1557. Good Fine.(0.51gr, 15mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the early 2000s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Ten [10] English Medieval AR Hammered Pennies. 12th-14th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising: mixed monarchs, mints and issues including Henry II, Henry III and Edward I. 11.97gr total, 16-20mm.
As shown.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. Struck in an illicit mint in London, circa 1490-1500. Contemporary counterfeit of a Light coinage issue of the York mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Crowned facing bust / Long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil at centre; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. M. Archibald, The Queenhithe hoard of late-fifteenth century forgeries, BNJ 50 (1980), p. 62, York rev. 1. 0.42gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck 1469-1470. London (Tower) mint; i.m: long cross fitchée / sun. Light coinage, type Xa.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
(Long cross fitchée) ЄDWARD ×' DI GRA ×' RЄX (trefoil) ANGL' (trefoil) S (trefoil) FRANC (trefoil), crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps; trefoil on breast, trefoils flanking neck / (Sun) POSVI DЄVᙏ A-DIVTOR-Є ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1577; SCBC 2003. 2.92gr, 26mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the old family collection of a West Country, UK, lady; acquired by descent from her grandfather circa 2001.
