LOT 3327
England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Penny. 1154-1189.
Exeter mint. Short Cross type. Class 1b. ҺЄNRICVS • R-ЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ RICARD • ON • ЄXЄC, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 963; SCBC 1344. Good Fine. Edge chipped. Scarce mint.(1.28gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFound Lincolnshire, UK.
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England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Halfpenny. 1199-1216.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
London mint. Early style. ✠ RICΛRD x RЄX x ΛNGL, crowned bust facing, with saltire on breast / CIVITΛS LONDON, long cross pattée with three pellets in each angle. Withers II 1C; North 1331; SCBC 1698. 0.48gr, 12mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Essex, UK. -
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). -
England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Tealby Penny. 1154-1189.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Canterbury mint; Ricard, moneyer. Class E, circa 1170-1174. hENRI RE around crowned facing bust holding sceptre / + RI[CA]RD : ON : [CAN] around large cross potent with a cross in each angle. BMC 603; North 960/3; SCBC 1341. 1.37gr, 20mm, 7h.
Fine.
Found Essex, UK.
