LOT 3910
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck 1468-1469. Bristol mint; i.m: crown. Light coinage.
(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. Near Very Fine.(2.77gr, 25mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1422-1430. Calais mint. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
(Cross) ҺЄNRIC xx RЄX xx ANGL, crowned facing bust; annulets flanking / VIL-LA xx CAL-IS xx, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1435; SCBC 1849. 0.43gr, 14mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Terry Char. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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. -
England. Lancaster, Henry V AR Halfpenny. 1413-1422. London (Tower) mint. Type C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
(Pierced cross) ҺЄNR[...]GL', crowned facing bust; broken annulets flanking / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1409; SCBC 1794. 0.46gr, 13mm, 12h.
Fine.
Found Shropshire, UK.
