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. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Groat. Struck 1422-1430. Calais mint; i.m: pierced cross. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
(Pierced cross) ҺЄNRIC 'ˣ DI ˣ GRA 'ˣ RЄX ˣ ANGL Z FRANC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps, annulets flanking neck / (Pierced cross) POSVI DЄVᙏ × A-DIVTOR-Є '× ᙏЄVᙏ and VIL-LA ×× CALI-SIЄ ˣˣ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1427; SCBC 1836. 3.31gr, 26mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Penny. Struck 1422-1430. Calais mint; i.m: incurved pierced cross. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
(Cross) ҺЄNRICVS ˣˣ RЄX ˣˣ ANGLIЄ, crowned facing bust; annulets flanking / VIL-LA ˣˣ CAL-IS ˣˣ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1432; SCBC 1845. 0.74gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, 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.
