LOT 3653
Spanish States. Castile and Leon (Kingdom), Henry III BI Blanca. 1390-1406. Burgos mint.
✠ ЄNRICVS : DЄI : GRACIA : RЄX, three towered castle, B below, within hexalobe with annulets in indents / ✠ ЄNRICVƧ : DЄI : GRACIA : RЄX (all ЄNs ligate), lion within hexalobe with pellets in indents. AB 597. Near Fine.(1.86gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 3653
Spanish States. Castile and Leon (Kingdom), Henry III BI Blanca.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Low Countries, Brabant. Jan III van Brabant AR Esterlin. 1312-1355. Brussel (Brussels) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
+ I DVX DЄ BRABAnTIA, towered city gate with arched entry; on either side, tower with conical roof / MOn-ETA BRV-XEL, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. Delmonte, Brabant 129 (Jean II); De Mey, Louvian & Brabant 156 (Jean II). 1.12gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
France. Henry III AV Écu d'or au soleil. Dated 1578. Bourges mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
HENRICVS • III • D ✱ G FRஃAN • ET • P • REX 1578 •Y•, shield of France / + CHRISTVS • REGNAT • VINCIT • ET • IMPERAT, lilied cross. Duplessy 1121A; Ciani 1408; Laf. 960. 2.84gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Slightly double struck.
Found Winchfield, Hart, Hampshire, UK, 2015. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-706C02. -
Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI AR Grand blanc. Struck 1422-1449. Rouen mint; i.m: leopard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
(Leopard) FRAHCORVᙏ ⁝ ЄT ⁝ AHGLIЄ ⁝ RЄX, coats-of-arms of France and England; hЄRICVS with macron above / (Leopard) SIT ⁝ ꞂOᙏЄИ ⁝ DꞂI ⁝ BЄИЄDICTV, latin cross; lis to left, leopard passant to right; hЄRICVS with macron below. SCBC 8166. 2.96gr, 27mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Spink, sale 5020, lot 0288. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
