LOT 3824
England. Tudor, Henry VII AR Penny. Struck 1487-1488. Durham mint; i.m: plain cross. John Sherwood, bishop. Facing bust issue.
(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. Fine. Very rare.(0.70gr, 14mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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England. Stuart, James I AR Halfpenny. Struck 1603-1604. Tower (London) mint; i.m: lis. First coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lis above portcullis / Cross moline; triple pellets in quarters. North 2078; SCBC 2651. 0.16gr, 10mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Tudor, Henry VIII AR Halfpenny. Struck 1509-1526. London (Tower) mint; i.m: portcullis crowned/-. First coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
(Portcullis crowned) ҺЄNRIC ˣˣ D[...]ˣˣ RЄX ˣˣ, crowned facing bust / ˣ CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross fourchée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1779; SCBC 2334. 0.36gr, 13mm, 6h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Shilling. Struck 1582-1584. Tower (London) mint; i.m: A. Sixth issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
(A) ELIZAB .' D .' G .' ANG FR .' ET • HIB .' REGI, crowned bust to left, wearing ruff / (A) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTORE-M • MEV .', coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 2014; SCBC 2577. 5.46gr, 30mm, 11h.
Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
