LOT 3329
England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. 1199-1216.
London mint; Ilger, moneyer. Struck in the name of Henry II, 1207-circa 1210. Short cross type, class Vc(?). ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ ILGЄR • ON • LVND (ND ligate), short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. SCBI 56 (Mass), 1691; cf. North 970; cf. SCBC 1352. About Fine.(1.28gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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England. York, Edward IV AV Quarter Ryal. First reign, 1461-1470.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Tower (London) mint; i.m: crown/crown. Class VII; struck 1468. (Crown) [ЄDWAR]D' DI GRA' RЄX AnGL', coat-of-arms; Є above, rose to left, [sun to right]; all within quatrefoil / ЄXΛLTΛBITVR (trefoil) In [GLORIA], long cross fourchée, with rose at center and lis; all over radiate sun; lions passant to left in quarters. North 1560; SCBC 1965. 1.45gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Cut.
Acquired from a Norfolk, UK, collector. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
England. Norman, Stephen AR Cut Halfpenny. 1135-1154.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Possibly Carlisle or Cardiff mint. Uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. Cross moline ('Watford') type. Illegible inscription, crowned and diademed bust to right holding sceptre in right hand / ✠[...]CAR, cross moline with fleur in each angle. North 873; SCBC 1278. 0.63gr, 21mm, 9h.
Fair.
Found Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, UK. From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with reference no. PAS YORYM-950E8A.
During this turbulent period in English history many irregular coins were struck and coins were also issued from dies that had been deliberately defaced, possibly as a rejection of Stephen's authority (note from PAS). -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. 1247-1272.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £82
London mint; Nicole, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 5a2. ҺЄNRICVS RЄX (ball-tailed R) III, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / NIC-OLЄ ON L-VND (ON and ND ligate), long voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 991/3; SCBC 1367A. 1.35gr, 18mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Brussels Hoard. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
