LOT 3884
England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Penny 1377-1399. York mint. Local dies(?).
✠ RICARDVS ˣˣ RЄX ˣ AꞂGLIЄ, facing crowned bust / ˣ CIVI-TAS ЄBO-RACI, long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil centre; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. North 1330a; cf. SCBC 1691. Good Fine.(1.11gr, 18mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report, with reference no. NMS-9CBB27.
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England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck circa 1248-1250. London mint; Nicole, moneyer. Long Cross type, class 3a.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
(Six-rayed star) ҺЄNRICVS RЄX • III', crowned bust facing / HIC-OLE OH L-VHD (HD ligate), voided long cross with central pellet and triple pellets in angles. North 986; SCBC 1362. 1.28gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck 1468-1469. Bristol mint; i.m: crown. Light coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
(Crown) ЄDWARD' DI GRA × RЄX ANGL S FRANC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches with trefoils at cusps; quatrefoils flanking neck; B on breast / (Crown) POSVI DЄVᙏ × A-DIVTOR-Є' ᙏЄVᙏ and VIL-LA B-RIS-TOW, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1580; SCBC 2004. 2.77gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
England. York, Edward IV or Henry VI AR Penny. 1422-1483. York mint; i.m: uncertain.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Illegible inscription, crowned facing bust / CIV[...]RACI, long cross pattée with pellet-in-quatrefoil at centre; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 2062 or 1924. 0.90gr, 16mm, 6h.
Fine. Double struck of obverse.
Found Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report, with reference no. NMS-0205AE.
The pellet-in-quatrefoil in the centre resembles that on the Penny of Henry VI (SCBC 1924) but due to the double struck of the obverse, neither the leaf on the king's breast nor the pellets flanking the crown are clearly visible.
