LOT 2572
English Medieval Coins - Henry VII - Canterbury - AR Halfgroat 1493-1599 A.D.
Class IIIc. Obv: facing bust in tressure with HENRIC[ ]REX AGL Z F legend with no stops and and 'tun' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets dividing outer POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV and inner CIVITAS CANTOR legends for Canterbury mint. Good fine.(1.27 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
LiteratureS. 2211; N. 1712c.
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LOT 2572
English Medieval Coins - Henry VII - Canterbury - AR Halfgroat
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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English Medieval Coins - Richard III - London - Boars Head AR Groat 1483-1485 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Type 2b. Obv: crowned facing bust within tressure of arches, legend around, RICARD’ · DI’ · GRA’ · REX AnGL’ · Z FRAnC (Richard by the Grace of God King of England and France), with Boar's head mintmark. Rev: long cross fourchee, trefoils in quarters, two lines of legend around, POSVI DEVM‘· A DIVTOR E’· MEVM / CIVI TAS LON DON (I have made God my helper / City of London). 2.67 grams.
Holed and used as a 'touch piece', split at 10 o'clock otherwise good fine. Extremely rare.
Found near Westward Ho!, Devon, UK, circa 2021. Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with record no.TBA. -
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English Medieval Coins - Mixed English and Other Coin Group [8] 4th-16th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Mixed group comprising: clipped Roman siliqua, Henry II short cross cut halfpenny of London, Henry III long voided cross cut halfpenny, Edward III penny, Elizabeth I penny, an unidentified hammered coin, Umayyad Caliphs dirham, and a lead token. 8.42 grams total.
Fair to extremely fine.
Acquired in the 1980s-1990s. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman. -
English Medieval Coins - Henry VI - York / Annulet Issue - AV Gold Quarter Noble 1422-1430 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,625
Annulet issue. Obv: arms with two lis above (for York) within tressure with trefoils at cusps and HENRIC DEI GRA REX ANGL legend with lis first stop and trefoils with 'large lis' mintmark. Rev: cross fleury with lis at centre and lions in angles with EXALTABITVR IN GLORIA legend. 1.70 grams.
Very fine and better.
Found Wiltshire, UK. Property of a Durham, UK, gentleman.
