Very Rare Heavy Issue Halfpenny

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1675. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LANCASTER. Henry IV. 1399-1413. AR Halfpenny (0.80 g, 2h). Heavy coinage. London mint. Struck 1399-1412. +hЄnRIC [RЄX] ΛnGLIЄ, crowned facing bust; new narrow face and crown / [CIVI TΛS] LOn DOn, long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters. Withers III type 4; Potter -; cf. North 1353 (large head); cf. SCBC 1724 (same). VF, toned, usual flat spots. Very rare.