LOT 3853
England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Sixpence. Dated 1570. Tower (London) mint; i.m: coronet. Third issue. Bust 4B.
(Coronet) ELIZABETH : D ' G ' ANG : FR ' ET HI .' REGINA, crowned bust to left, wearing ruff; rose behind / (Coronet) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTORE-M • MEV .', coat-of-arms over cross fourchée; date above. North 1997; SCBC 2562. Good Fine.(2.70gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Surrey, UK.
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England. Tudor, Henry VIII AR Halfgroat. Struck 1514-1526. York mint; i.m: star(?)/escallop. Thomas Wolsey, archbishop. First coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
(Star[?]) ҺЄNRIC VIII 'ˣ DI GRA RЄX AG Z, crowned bust right with features of Henry VII / (Escallop) CIVI-TAS ˣˣ ˣ ЄBO-RACI, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée, keys and tasseled gallero below at base of cross. North 1770; SCBC 2326. 1.36gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Fine. Slightly double struck. Extremely rare, if star as initial mark on the obverse.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
England. Tudor, Henry VII AR Penny. Struck 1487-1488. Durham mint; i.m: plain cross. John Sherwood, bishop. Facing bust issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
(Plain cross) ҺЄNRIC DЄI GRA RЄX AN, crowned facing bust; S on breast / CIVI-TAS DЄ-RAᙏ, long cross pattée with reversed D at centre (rev. die of Richard III); triple pellets in quarters. Stewartby p.447 and pl.31/551; North 1723; SCBC 2222. 0.70gr, 14mm, 10h.
Fine. Very rare.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
England. Stuart, Charles I CU Farthing. 1625-1634. London mint; i.m: double rose. 'Richmond' issue, type 5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
(Double rose) CARO : D : G .' MAG .' BRI .', crown over crossed lis-tipped sceptres / FRA .' ET HIB .' RE[X], crowned scroll-headed harp. SCBC 3186. 0.51gr, 17mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
