LOT 3821
England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. Struck circa 1465-1470. York mint; i.m: uncertain. George Neville, archbishop. Light Coinage.
[ҺЄnRICVS RЄX AnGL], crowned facing bust; G and key flanking neck / CIVI-TAS ЄBO-RACI, long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil at centre; triple pellets in quarters. North 1594; SCBC 2062. Fine.(0.69gr, 15mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfgroat. Struck 1351-1352. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 1. Pre-Treaty Period. Series C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
(Cross 1) ЄDWARDVS ◦ RЄX ◦ ANGLI ◦ Z ◦ FRAͶC, facing crowned bust within tressure of arches / (Cross 1) POS-VI ◦ DЄV ◦ ◦ ADIVT-ORЄᙏ and CIVI-TAS LOͶ-DOͶ, long cross pattée with three pellets in each quarter. North 1148; SCBC 1574. 2.11gr, 23mm, 2h.
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. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1251/2-1252. Canterbury mint; Gilbert, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class Vb2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ҺЄNRICVS (NR ligate) R-ЄX III, crowned facing head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left / Long voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. Cf. SCBC 1368. 1.26gr, 19mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
