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. 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.
Acquired on the UK art market. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Penny. 1344-1351. London mint. Third (Florin) coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
✠ ЄDW R ◦ [AꞂ]GL◦ DꞂS ◦ ҺЧB', crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross with three pellets in each quarter. North 1113-4; SCBC 1544. 1.27gr, 19mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Areas of weak strike.
Found Yorkshire, UK. Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with no.YORYM-DEF231 corr. (Durham mint). -
England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Penny. 1377-1399. York mint. Local dies.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
✠ 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. 1.04gr, 19mm, 7h.
Fine. Hairlines. Very rare, only one die known with this obverse legend variety.
Found Yorkshire, UK.
