LOT 3817
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck 1461-1464. London (Tower) mint; i.m: Cross fleury/rose. Heavy coinage; class I/II mule.
(Cross fleury) ЄDWARD ' DI ×' GRA ×' RЄX ANGL ×' S ' FRANC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches, lis on neck, pellets flanking crown / (Rose) POSVI DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVTOR-Є ' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1529/1531; SCBC 1969/1972. Fine. Rare mule issue.(3.49gr, 26mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. 1216-1272. London mint; i.m: cross pattée. Ilger, moneyer. Short Cross type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ҺЄnRICVS RЄX, crowned head facing; cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ ILGЄR ON LVND, voided short cross; quatrefoils in angles. SCBC 1356C. 1.37gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
England. Tudor, Henry VIII AR Halfpenny. Struck 1509-1526. London (Tower) mint; i.m: portcullis crowned/-. First coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
+ (Portcullis crowned) ҺЄNRIC DI GRA RЄX, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross fourchée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1779; SCBC 2334. 0.30gr, 13mm, 9h.
Near Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I or II AR Farthing. 1272-1327. London mint. Class X-XI.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX AN(?) (legend starting at 7h), crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1450 (Edward I) or 1474 (Edward II); Withers Type 30 (unrecorded variety). 0.26gr, 12mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. An exceptionally rare and probably unique variety, with the obverse legend starting not at 12h as usual but at 7h.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
