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LOT 3167
England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Halfpenny. 1377-1399. London (Tower) mint.
✠ RICARD RЄX ˣ AꞂ[GL], crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. North 1331-1332; cf. SCBC 1699-1700. Near Very Fine.(0.52gr, 13mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFound Shottesbrooke, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-97B120.
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England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfgroat. 1356-1361. London mint, Fourth Coinage, Pre Treaty Period, Series E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
(Cross 3(4)) EDWARD D G REX ANGL Z FRAN D HYB with facing bust within tressure of nine arches / (Cross 3(4)) POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEV and CIVI-TAS-LON-DON with long cross and pellets. Cf. North 1163, SCBC 1567. 1.94gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Fine. Chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. 1471-1483. Durham mint; i.m: cinquefoil. Bishop Booth.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
(Cinquefoil) ЄDWARD • DI G[...]LO, crowned facing bust, crosses above crown; cross on breast / CIVI-TAS [...]-ᙏIЄ(?), long cross fourchée, D in centre; triple pellets in quarters; extra pellet in second quarter. North 1661; SCBC 2117. 0.63gr, 16mm, 8h.
Good Fine. Double struck of reverse.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. 1250-1272. London mint. Post-Provincial Phase, class 5f.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ҺЄNRICVS RЄX III, crowned facing head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left, almond-shaped eyes, double-banded crown / IOh-SON-LVN-DEN(ligated)-, long voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. Cf. SCBC 1372. 1.46gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
