LOT 3527
England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. First 1461-1470.
Struck in an illicit mint in London, circa 1490-1500. Contemporary counterfeit of a London mint issue. Crowned facing bust / CIVI-CO[...], long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. M. Archibald, "The Queenhithe hoard of late-fifteenth century forgeries," BNJ 50 (1980), p. 62, London rev. Near Fine.(0.48gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound on various UK sites since 1974.
Property of an Essex collector.
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England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. 1247-1272.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 5a2. Post-Provincial Phase III, struck 1250-1272. ҺЄNRICVS (NR ligate) RЄX III, facing crowned head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left / ҺЄN-RI O-N LV-NDЄ (ЄN and ND ligate), long voided cross, three pellets in each angle. North 991/2; SCBC 1367A. 1.43gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire/County Durham, UK. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward II AR Halfpenny. 1307-1327.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
London mint. Class 10-11. ✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX, crowned facing bust; three pellets on forehead / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1069/3; SCBC 1472. 0.61gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired from the vendor's grandfather in the 1990s. Property of an Essex collector. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. First reign, 1422-1461.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Calais mint; i.m: cross 5. Annulet issue; struck 1422-1430. (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, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Flan crack at 3h.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
