LOT 3838
England. Tudor, Henry VIII AR Halfpenny. Struck 1509-1526. London (Tower) mint; i.m: portcullis crowned/-. First coinage.
+ (Portcullis crowned) ҺЄNRIC DI GRA RЄX, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross fourchée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1779; SCBC 2334. Near Fine.(0.30gr, 13mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Groat. Struck 1422-1427. London (Tower) mint; i.m: incurved pierced cross. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
(Incurved pierced cross) ҺЄꞂRIC ˣ' DI ˣ' GRA ˣ' RЄX ˣ AꞂGL ˣ' Z ˣ FRAꞂC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps / (Incurved pierced cross) POSVI ◦ DЄVᙏ ˣˣ A-DIVTOR-Є ˣ' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS ˣˣ LOꞂ-DOꞂ ˣˣ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1423; SCBC 1835. 3.67gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Farthing. Struck early 1301-circa 1314. London mint. New coinage, class 10.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX A, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1070; SCBC 1450. 0.38gr, 11mm, 1h.
Near Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Halfpenny. 1377-1399. London (Tower) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ RICARD [RЄX] ANGL, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1699. 0.48gr, 14mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
