LOT 3850
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Silver Penny. Struck circa 1242. Canterbury mint; Osmund, moneyer. Short Cross type.
ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ OSMVND ON CANT, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. SCBC 1356. Near Very Fine.(1.43gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck circa 1430-1431. Calais mint; i.m: cross patonce. Rosette-mascle issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
(Cross patonce) ꞂЄnRIC (rosette) [...] RЄX ◊ AnGL, crowned facing bust / VIL-◊LA CALI-SIЄ (rosette), long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1454; SCBC 1871. 0.55gr, 14mm, 8h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Penny. Struck 1282-1289. London mint. New Coinage; class 4b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ ЄDW R ANGL DNS ҺУB, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross with three pellets in each quarter. North 1024; SCBC 1395. 1.39gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Ex Terry Char. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck 1465-1466. London (Tower) mint; i.m: sun. Light coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
(Sun) ЄDWARD ×' DI ×' GRA × RЄX ANG S FRANC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps; quatrefoils flanking neck / (Sun) POSV DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVTOR-Є' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1569; SCBC 2000. 2.99gr, 26mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Toned. POSV on reverse.
Cumberland Hotel, London, February 1990. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
