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LOT 3855
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1248-1250. Canterbury mint; Nicole, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 3c.
(?) ҺЄNRICVS RЄX : III' (NR ligate), crowned facing bust / HIC-OLЄ ON C-ANT (ON and AN ligate), voided long cross pommée, with pellet at centre and trefoil in each angle. North 988; SCBC 1364. Near Very Fine.(1.33gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound near Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-3655AE.
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England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1250-1272. London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ҺЄNRICVS RЄX III', crowned facing head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left / ҺЄN-RI O-N LV-NDЄ, long voided cross with central pellet, quatrefoils in each angle. Cf. SCBC 1367A. 1.33gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Double struck.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
England. York, Edward IV or Henry VI AR Penny. 1422-1483. York mint; i.m: uncertain.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Illegible inscription, crowned facing bust / CIV[...]RACI, long cross pattée with pellet-in-quatrefoil at centre; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 2062 or 1924. 0.90gr, 16mm, 6h.
Fine. Double struck of obverse.
Found Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report, with reference no. NMS-0205AE.
The pellet-in-quatrefoil in the centre resembles that on the Penny of Henry VI (SCBC 1924) but due to the double struck of the obverse, neither the leaf on the king's breast nor the pellets flanking the crown are clearly visible. -
England. Lancaster, Henry V AR Halfgroat. 1413-1422. Tower (London) mint. Type C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
(Incurved pierced cross) ҺЄNRIC '× DI '× GRA '× RЄX × ANGLIЄ × Z × F, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps, mullet in centre of breast, broken annulet to left of crown / POSVI + DЄVᙏ A-DIVTOR-Є × ᙏЄ × and CIVI-TAS ×× LON-DON ××, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1391; SCBC 1773. 1.73gr, 22mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Iridescent toning.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
