LOT 2307
English Medieval Coins - Richard III - London - Boars Head AR Groat 1483-1485 A.D.
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). Holed and used as a 'touch piece', split at 10 o'clock otherwise good fine. Extremely rare.(2.67 grams.).
ProvenanceFound near Westward Ho!, Devon, UK, circa 2021.
Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with record no.TBA.
S. 2156, N. 1679.
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LOT 2307
English Medieval Coins - Richard III - London - Boars Head AR Groat
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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English Medieval Coins - Henry VII - Canterbury - AR Halfgroat 1493-1599 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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. 1.27 grams.
Good fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
English Medieval Coins - John - London - AR Short Cross Penny 1199-1216 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Obv: facing bust with HENRICVS REX legend. Rev: short voided cross with quatrefoils and +[ E].ON.LVN legend for a moneyer at London mint. 1.39 grams.
Fine.
Found Antrim, UK. -
English Medieval Coins - Henry III - Canterbury / Simon - AR Short Cross Penny 1222-1236 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Class 7b. Obv: facing bust with sceptre and HENRICVS REX legend. Rev: short voided cross and quatrefoils with +SIMVNONCANTE legend for the moneyer Simon at Canterbury mint. 1.20 grams.
Good fine.
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
