LOT 3756
England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. Struck in the name of Henry II, 1207-circa 1210. Canterbury mint; Samuel, moneyer. Short cross type.
ҺЄNRICVS R•-ЄX, facing crowned bust holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ SAMVЄL • ON • CA, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. Cf. SCBC 1353. Near Fine.(1.35gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfgroat. Struck 1351-1352. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 1. Fourth coinage, Pre-Treaty Period. Series C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Facing crowned bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps / Long cross pattée with three pellets in each quarter. North 1148; SCBC 1574. 2.17gr, 22mm, 4h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
England. York (Restored), Edward IV AR Groat. Struck 1480-1483. London (Tower) mint; i.m: heraldic cinquefoil. Type XXI.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps, rose on breast / Long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1631; SCBC 2100. 2.80gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfpenny. Struck 1344-1351. London (Tower) mint. Third (Florin) coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Crowned facing bust / Long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters. Cf. North 1132; cf. SCBC 1558-9. 0.41gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
