LOT 3441
Group of Nine (9) British AR Coins and One (1) Venetian AR Soldino. 13th-17th century AD.
One Venetian AR Soldino, eight medieval British AR Issues and an AR Halfgroat of Charles I. Near Very Fine to Very Fine.(6.32 gr total, 10-18mm).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3441
Group of Nine (9) British AR Coins and One (1) Venetian AR Soldino.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Halfpenny. 1377-1399.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
London (Tower) mint. + RICARD x REX x ANGL, crowned facing bust / CIVITAS LONDON, long cross pattée; three pellets in quarters. Withers 4a; North 1332a; SCBC 1700. 0.58gr, 14mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
England. Norman, Stephen AR Cut Halfpenny. 1135-1154.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Possibly Carlisle or Cardiff mint. Uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. Cross moline ('Watford') type. Illegible inscription, crowned and diademed bust to right holding sceptre in right hand / ✠[...]CAR, cross moline with fleur in each angle. North 873; SCBC 1278. 0.63gr, 21mm, 9h.
Fair.
Found Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, UK. From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with reference no. PAS YORYM-950E8A.
During this turbulent period in English history many irregular coins were struck and coins were also issued from dies that had been deliberately defaced, possibly as a rejection of Stephen's authority (note from PAS). -
England. Edward IV AR Halfpenny. 1461-1485.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
London mint. + ЄDWARD[...], crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 2069; cf. North 1608. 0.46gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
