LOT 2533
English Medieval Coins - Edward IV - Coventry - AR Groat 1464-1470 A.D.
First reign, light coinage. Obv: facing crowned bust, quatrefoil either side of neck, C on breast, within tressure of nine arcs, large fleurs on cusps, initial mark sun (1467-70). Rev: long cross, dual concentric inscriptions around trio of pellets in each inner angle, CIVI TAS COVE TRE for Coventry mint. Very fine and better. Scarce.(2.91 grams, 25 mm.).
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in Yorkshire, UK.
LiteratureS.2008, N.1581.
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LOT 2533
English Medieval Coins - Edward IV - Coventry - AR Groat
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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English Medieval Coins - Mixed Cut AR Halfpenny Group [4] 12th-13th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mixed group comprising: cut halves of pennies of Stephen, short cross, and Alexander III of Scotland. 2.55 grams total, 17.93-19.30 mm.
Fine-very fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
English Medieval Coins - Edward III - York - Archbishop Thoresby AR Penny 1361-1369 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £48
Treaty period. Obv: facing bust with quatrefoil on breast and +[voided quatrefoil] EDWARDVS REX ANGLI legend. Rev: long cross and pellets with quatrefoil at centre dividing CIVI TAS EBO RACI legend for York mint under Archbishop Thoresby. 1.01 grams, 17 mm.
Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
English Medieval Coins - Henry VI - Calais - Rosette-Mascle - AR Groat 1430-1431 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Obv: facing bust in tressure with +HENRIC (rosette) DI (rosette) GRA (mascle?) REX (rosette) ANGL Z (rosette) FRANC legend with 'cross patonce' initial mark. Rev: long cross and pellets with +POSVI (rosette) DEVM (rosette) ADIVTORE (rosette) MEVM, and VIL (mascle) LA CALISIE (rosette) legends and 'plain cross' initial mark for Calais mint. 3.80 grams, 26 mm.
Good very fine.
Found Suffolk, UK.
