LOT 3909
Great Britain, Commonwealth of England AR Penny. 1649-1660. London mint.
English cross in shield within laurel and palm branch / Conjoined shields of England and Ireland; •I• (mark of value) above. Bull 228; ESC 2263; North 2729; SCBC 3222. Good Fine.(0.41gr, 13mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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England. Stuart, James I AR Shilling. Struck 1624. Tower (London) mint; i.m: trefoil. Third coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
(Trefoil) • IACOBUS D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRA : ET HI : REX, crowned bust to right; XII (mark of value) behind / (Trefoil) QVÆ DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET, coat-of-arms. North 2124; SCBC 2668. 5.22gr, 29mm, 11h.
Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
England. Tudor, Henry VII AR Penny. Struck 1487-1488. Durham mint; i.m: plain cross. John Sherwood, bishop. Facing bust issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
(Plain cross) ҺЄNRIC DЄI GRA RЄX AN, crowned facing bust; S on breast / CIVI-TAS DЄ-RAᙏ, long cross pattée with reversed D at centre (rev. die of Richard III); triple pellets in quarters. Stewartby p.447 and pl.31/551; North 1723; SCBC 2222. 0.70gr, 14mm, 10h.
Fine. Very rare.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
England. Stuart, James I AR Halfgroat. Struck 1605-1606. London mint; i.m: rose. Second coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
(Rose) • I : D : G : ROSA • SINE • SPINA •, crowned rose / (Rose) • TVEATVR • VNITA • DEVS •, crowned thistle. North 2104; SCBC 2659. 0.87gr, 17mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
