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 1422-1427. London mint; i.m: incurved pierced cross. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
(Incurved pierced cross) ҺЄNRIC xx RЄX xx ANGL, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-ᗡOꞂ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1434; SCBC 1848. 0.38gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Found Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report, with reference no. NMS-0175AB. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Penny. Struck 1422-1430. Calais mint; i.m: incurved pierced cross. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
(Cross) ҺЄNRICVS ˣˣ RЄX ˣˣ ANGLIЄ, crowned facing bust; annulets flanking / VIL-LA ˣˣ CAL-IS ˣˣ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1432; SCBC 1845. 0.74gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Richard I AR Penny. Struck in the name of Henry II, 1194-circa 1200. Canterbury mint; Reinald, moneyer. Short Cross type, class IVb.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ҺЄ[...]S R-ЄX, crowned head facing, holding sceptre / [✠] RЄINΛVD • ON • C[...], short voided cross; quatrefoils in quarters. North 968/2; SCBC 1348C. 1.32gr, 19mm, 10h.
Good Fine. Clipped.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
