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LOT 3125
England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Penny. c.1167-c.1170. Thetford mint. Cross-and-crosslets ('Tealby') coinage; class D.
[✠HENRI REX ANGLI], crowned facing bust, holding sceptre. / [✠TURST]AIN : ON [TEF], cross pattée, with crosslet in angles. Cf. SCBC 1340. Good Fine. Old cabinet tone.(1.39gr, 24mm, 0h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Plantagenet. Edward III AR Groat. Struck 1354-1355. York mint. Fourth coinage. Pre-treaty period, series E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
EDWARD ◦ D ◦ G ◦ REX ◦ ANGL ◦ Z ◦ FRANC ◦ D ◦ ҺYB, crowned facing bust, with trefoil on breast; all within tressure of arches with trefoils at cusps / (Cross) POSVI ◦ DЄVᙏ ◦ A-DIVTOR-Є ᙏЄV and CIVI-TAS EBO-RACI, long cross pattée with three pellets in each angle. North 1164; SCBC 1572. 3.66gr, 26mm, 9h.
About Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Halfpenny. Struck 1464-1465. London mint. First reign, Light coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
(Rose) EDWARD DI GRA REX facing bust with saltire each side of neck / CIVI-TAS-LON-DON long cross and pellets dividing. Cf. SCBC 2067. 0.39gr, 14mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfpenny. Struck 1344-1351. London (Tower) mint. Third or Florin coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1131; SCBC 1557. 0.60gr, 15mm, 4h.
Good Fine. Chipped, dark old cabinet tone.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
