LOT 3502
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. 1247-1272.
London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 5a2. Post-Provincial Phase III, struck 1250-1272. ҺЄNRICVS (NR ligate) RЄX III, facing crowned head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left / ҺЄN-RI O-N LV-NDЄ (ЄN and ND ligate), long voided cross, three pellets in each angle. North 991/2; SCBC 1367A. Very Fine.(1.43gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire/County Durham, UK.
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England. York (Restored), Richard III AR Penny. 1483-1485.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
York mint; i.m: not visible. Archbishop Thomas Rotherman. Illegible inscription, crowned facing bust; T to left, upright key to right / [CIVI]-TAS ЄBO[RACI], long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters; quatrefoil at centre. North 1686; cf. SCBC 2166/2167. 0.61gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Fine. Clipped with wavy flan cracked at 1h.
Acquired from the vendor's grandfather in the 1990s. Property of an Essex collector. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfgroat. 1327-1377.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
London mint; i.m: cross 1. Pre-Treaty Period. Series D; struck 1352-1353 ✠ ЄDWARDVS ◦ RЄX ◦ ANGLI ◦ Z ◦ FRAͶC, facing crowned bust within tressure of arches / ✠ POS-VI ◦ DЄV ◦ ◦ ADIVT-ORЄᙏ and CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée with three pellets in each quarter. North 1154; SCBC 1575. 2.18gr, 23mm, 10h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. First reign, 1461-1470.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck in an illicit mint in London, circa 1490-1500. Contemporary counterfeit of a Light coinage issue of the York mint. Crowned facing bust / Long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil at centre; triple pellets in quarters. M. Archibald, "The Queenhithe hoard of late-fifteenth century forgeries," BNJ 50 (1980), p. 62, York rev. 1. 0.43gr, 14mm.
Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974. Property of an Essex collector.
