LOT 3332
England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. 1199-1216.
London mint; Abel, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, circa 1210-circa 1213. Short Cross type, class VIa1. ҺЄNRICVS R•-ЄX, crowned bust facing, holding sceptre / ✠ ABЄL • ON • LVNDЄ (ND ligate), short voided cross with small crosses in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1741; North 974/1; SCBC 1353. Very Fine.(1.26gr, 18mm, 4h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. First reign, 1422-1461.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Calais mint; i.m: uncertain. Pinecone Mascle(?) issue. ҺЄNRICVS [...],crowned facing bust / VIL-◊LA CAL-[...], long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. North 1469; cf. SCBC 1885. 0.55gr, 13mm, 6h.
Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. 1216-1272.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
London mint; im: cross pattée. Ilger, moneyer. Short Cross type. ҺЄnRICVS RЄx, crowned head facing; cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ ILGЄR (pellet beneath L) ON LVNDЄ •, voided short cross; quatrefoils in angles. Cf. SCBC 1356. 1.29gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished with all these features (S with pellet; small X; pellet beneath L; no stops within reverse legend but at the end).
Acquired from a Norfolk, UK, collector; Property of an Essex gentleman. -
England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. 1199-1216.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
London mint; Ilger, moneyer. Short cross type. Struck in the name of Henry II. ҺЄNRICVR SRX (sic), facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ ILGЄR • ON • LVN, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. For type cf. SCBC 1352. 1.17gr, 18mm, 3h.
Fine to Good Fine. Exceedingly rare example of an obverse reading -CVR SRX at the end of obverse legend.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
