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LOT 3161
Plantagenet. Edward III AR Halfpenny. 1335-1343. London (Tower) mint. Second coinage.
✠ ЄDWARDVS REX ANG with six-pointed star after, crowned facing bust, drapery composed of two wedges. / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée with three pellets in angles. Cf. SCBC 1540. Fine. Large unclipped flan.(0.56gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Penny. 1282-1289. London (Tower) mint. class 4d.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ .ЄDW R ANGL DNS hYB, crowned facing bust, high pellet before Є / .CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée with three pellets in angles, high pellet before C. Cf. SCBC 1397. 1.36 grams, 21mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Nice cabinet tone.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1431-1432/3. Tower (London) mint, First reign, Pinecone-mascle issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
(Cross fleury) + hЄꞂRIC (mascle) RЄX (pinecone) AꞂGL, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters. North 1468; SCBC 1884. 0.46gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Old dark cabinet tone.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. 1471-1483. Durham mint; i.m: cinquefoil. Bishop Booth.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
(Cinquefoil) ЄDWARD • DI G[...]LO, crowned facing bust, crosses above crown; cross on breast / CIVI-TAS [...]-ᙏIЄ(?), long cross fourchée, D in centre; triple pellets in quarters; extra pellet in second quarter. North 1661; SCBC 2117. 0.63gr, 16mm, 8h.
Good Fine. Double struck of reverse.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
