LOT 3979
England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Penny. 1377-1399. York mint. Local dies.
✠ RICARD : RЄX : AꞂGL : DꞂS ЄB, facing crowned bust; cross on breast / CIVI-TAS ЄBO-RACI, long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil centre; triple pellets in quarters. Purvey Group F, Die 1; North 1330; SCBC 1693. Fine. Hairlines. Very rare, only one die known with this obverse legend variety.(1.04gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
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England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1205-1207. Lincoln mint; Tomas, moneyer. Short Cross coinage. Class 5b2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ҺENRICVS R-EX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ TOMAS • ON • NICOL, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 970; SCBC 1351. 1.40gr, 19mm, 8h.
Good Fine. Scratches.
Found Yorkshire, UK. Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with no.YORYM-DBB3E6. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck circa 1461-1470. London (Tower) mint; i.m: sun. Light coinage. Mule of Classes Vd/VI.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
(Sun) ЄDWARD × DI × GRA RЄX ANGL × Z × FRANC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps; quatrefoils flanking neck / (Sun) POSVI DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVTOR-Є' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters; additional pellet in second quarter under CIVI. Blunt and Whitton (BNJ 1945-48) pg.155, 1 (pl.IV, 8); North 1568/9; SCBC 2000. 3.08gr, 26gr, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Double struck of obverse. Rare variety.
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England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Penny. Struck 1282-1289. London mint. New Coinage, class IV.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ ЄDW R' A[NGL DNS] ҺЧB, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS [LON]-DON, long cross with three pellets in each quarter. Cf. North 1023; cf. SCBC 1394. 1.31gr, 17mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK.
