LOT 3908
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck 1465-1466. London (Tower) mint; i.m: sun. Light coinage.
(Sun) ЄDWARD ×' DI ×' GRA × RЄX ANG S FRANC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps; quatrefoils flanking neck / (Sun) POSV DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVTOR-Є' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1569; SCBC 2000. Very Fine. Toned. POSV on reverse.(2.99gr, 26mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceCumberland Hotel, London, February 1990.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Cut Halfpenny. 1154-1189. York mint; Willelm, moneyer. Short Cross type. Class 1b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[ҺЄNR]ICVS • R[-ЄX], facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ WIL[...]VЄR, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 963; SCBC 1344. 0.57gr, 19mm, 8h.
Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
England. Lancaster, Henry V AR Halfpenny. 1413-1422. London mint. Type C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
+ ҺЄꞂRIC [RЄX] ˣˣ AꞂGL, crowned facing bust; broken annulets flanking / CIVI-[TAS] LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1409; SCBC 1794. 0.45gr, 12mm, 1h.
Fine.
Found Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report, with reference no. NMS-01A583. -
England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Halfpenny. 1377-1399. London (Tower) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ RICARD '× REX '× ANGL '×, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1699. 0.61gr, 14mm, 4h.
Good Fine.
Found Shropshire, UK.
