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LOT 3136
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1248-1250. London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 3a2.
(Star) ҺЄHRICVS (NR ligate) RЄX (X with one curved limb) : III', crowned facing head / ҺЄH-RI O-H LV-ИDЄ (ЄH and ИD ligate), long voided cross with central pellet, quatrefoils in each angle. North 986; SCBC 1362A. Very Fine.(1.27gr, 20mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Halfpenny. 1377-1399. London (Tower) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ RICARD RЄX ˣ AꞂ[GL], crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. North 1331-1332; cf. SCBC 1699-1700. 0.52gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Shottesbrooke, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-97B120. -
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. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Penny. 1430-1431. Calais mint, First reign, Rosette-Mascle issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
(cross patonce) + HENRICVS (rosette) REX ANGLIE, crowned facing bust; cross patonce mintmark / VIL-LA -ALI-SIE[rosette], long cross with three pellets in each angle. Cf. North 1450, SCBC 1865. 0.77gr, 18mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Dark old cabinet tone.
Ex Lockdales, A69/783, no.806. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
