LOT 3364
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Penny. 1327-1377.
York mint; i.m: plain cross. Struck under Archbishop Thoresby. Treaty Period, 1361-1369. + [(quatrefoil) Є]DW[A]RDVS ◦ REX ◦ AͶGLI◦, crowned facing bust with quatrefoil on breast / CIVITAS ЄBORACI, long cross with quatrefoil at centre and three pellets in each angle. North 1269; SCBC 1631. Near Very Fine.(1.01gr, 17mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. 1247-1272.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £82
London mint; Nicole, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 5a2. ҺЄNRICVS RЄX (ball-tailed R) III, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / NIC-OLЄ ON L-VND (ON and ND ligate), long voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 991/3; SCBC 1367A. 1.35gr, 18mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Brussels Hoard. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
England. Lancaster, Henry V AR Groat. 1413-1422.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
London mint. Light coinage. Class F. ⧾ ҺЄNRIC × DI [...] RЄX × ANGLIЄ × Z × FRANCЄ, crowned facing bust within double polylobe, fleurs at cusps; mullet to right of breast / ⧾ POSVI DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVTOR-Є '× ᙏЄVᙏ[...] and CIVI-TAS ×× LON-DON ××, long cross pattée with trefoil of pellets in each quarter. North 1387; SCBC 1762B. 3.54gr, 24mm, 8h.
Good Fine. Pierced previously for use as 'touch piece' pendant. Very rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
England. Norman, Stephen AR Cut Halfpenny. 1135-1154.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Possibly Carlisle or Cardiff mint. Uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. Cross moline ('Watford') type. Illegible inscription, crowned and diademed bust to right holding sceptre in right hand / ✠[...]CAR, cross moline with fleur in each angle. North 873; SCBC 1278. 0.63gr, 21mm, 9h.
Fair.
Found Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, UK. From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with reference no. PAS YORYM-950E8A.
During this turbulent period in English history many irregular coins were struck and coins were also issued from dies that had been deliberately defaced, possibly as a rejection of Stephen's authority (note from PAS).
