LOT 3757
England. Plantagenet, John AR Cut Halfpenny. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1205. Norwich mint; Renaud, moneyer. Short cross coinage, class Vb1.
Crowned facing bust, holding sceptre / Voided short cross; quatrefoils in angles. SCBC 1350B. Near Very Fine.(0.55gr, 17mm, 6h).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Cut Halfpenny. Struck circa 1163-1167. Carlisle mint; Willem, moneyer. Cross-and-crosslets ('Tealby') coinage; class C2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
[...] REX AN[...], crowned facing bust, holding sceptre / [...] CARD, cross pattée, with crosslet in angles. North 957; SCBC 1339. 0.62gr, 20mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1454-1461. London (Tower) mint; i.m: plain cross. Cross-pellet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ ꞂЄnRIC RЄX AnGL, crowned facing bust; saltire on breast / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters, additional pellet in second quarter. North 1524; SCBC 1943. 0.41gr, 13mm, 3h.
Good Fine. Pierced. Very rare with one additional pellet on reverse.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Halfgroat. Struck 1464-1467. Canterbury mint; i.m: pall. Archbishop Bourchier.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
(Pall) ЄDWARD DI GRA RЄX AꞂGL Z FRAꞂ, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches, with trefoils on cusps / (Pall) POSVI DЄVᙏ A-DIVTOR-Є ˣ' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS CAꞂ-TOR, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. SCBC 2028. 1.18gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
