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 I or II AR Farthing. 1272-1327. London mint. Class X-XI.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX AN(?) (legend starting at 7h), crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1450 (Edward I) or 1474 (Edward II); Withers Type 30 (unrecorded variety). 0.26gr, 12mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. An exceptionally rare and probably unique variety, with the obverse legend starting not at 12h as usual but at 7h.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1250-1272. London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ҺЄHRICVS RЄX III, crowned facing head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left / ҺЄN-RI O-N LV-NDЄ, long voided cross with central pellet, quatrefoils in each angle. Cf. SCBC 1367A. 1.33gr, 18mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck circa 1464-1467. London (Tower) mint; i.m: rose/?. Light coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
(Rose) ЄDWARD' DI × GRA × RЄX ANGL × Z [FRAN]C, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps; quatrefoils flanking neck / [(?) POSVI] DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVTOR-Є × ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS (lis) LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North -; SCBC 2000. 2.39gr, 24mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare with lis on reverse.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
