LOT 3924
England. Tudor, Henry VII AR Groat. 1485-1487. London (Tower) mint. First Coinage. 'Lis-Signed' Issues.
(Rose) ҺЄꞂRIC ✱ DI ✱ GRA ✱ RЄX ✱ AꞂGL ✱ Z ✱ FRAꞂCIЄ, crowned facing bust within double polylobe with lis at cusps; crosses by neck / POSVI DЄVᙏ + A-DIVTOR-Є MЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS + LOꞂ-DOꞂ (lis), long cross pattée; three pellets in quarters. North 1703; SCBC 2194. Near Very Fine. Toned. Exceedingly rare variety with saltires after DEVM and -TAS and lis after DON. The other similar known example is that of Spink, Auction 24014, 17 December 2024, lot 78.(2.99gr, 24mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Penny. Struck 1305. Canterbury mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ ЄDWAR R ANGL DNS ҺУB, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS CAN-TOR, long cross pattée; three pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1419. 1.27gr, 17mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. -
England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Shilling. 1594-1596. Tower (London) mint; i.m: woolpack. Sixth issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
(Woolpack) ELIZAB .' D .' G .' ANG FR .' ET : HIB .' REGI, crowned bust to left, wearing ruff / (Woolpack) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTORE-M • MEV .', coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 2014; SCBC 2577. 5.57gr, 31mm, 10h.
Fine. Queen Mary supporters hate scratch cross to the neck.
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. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Sixpence. Dated 1568. Tower (London) min; i.m: coronet. Third and Fourth Issue. Intermediate bust 4B, ear shows.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
(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. 2.82gr, 26mm, 10h.
Good Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
