LOT 3843
England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Cut Halfpenny. 1154-1189. York mint; Willelm, moneyer. Short Cross type. Class 1b.
[ҺЄNR]ICVS • R[-ЄX], facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ WIL[...]VЄR, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 963; SCBC 1344. Fine.(0.57gr, 19mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
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England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. Struck in the name of Henry II, 1207-circa 1210. London mint; Walter, moneyer. Short cross type, class Vc.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
ҺЄNRICVS RЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ WALTЄR • ON • LVN (VN ligate), short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 971; SCBC 1352. 1.38gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Penny. Struck 1282-9. London mint. New Coinage, class 4d.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
✠ • ЄDW R' ANGL' DNS ҺУB, crowned facing bust / [•] CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross with three pellets in each quarter. North 1026; SCBC 1397. 1.40gr, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Double struck.
Ex Terry Char. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1436-1438. Tower (London) mint; i.m: plain cross. Leaf-trefoil(?) issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
✠ ꞂЄnRIC ˣ RЄX ˣ AnGL, crowned facing bust; leaf on breast(?) / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée with trefoils in quarters. Cf. North 1492; cf. SCBC 1905. 0.47gr, 12mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
