SCBC Plate Coin

Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1135. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AR Groat (3.84 g, 6h). Leaf-pellet issue, class C. London mint. Struck 1445-1454. + hЄnRIC x DI GRΛ RЄX x ΛnGLI x Z FRΛnC x, crowned facing bust; im: cross IIIb, pellets flanking crown, leaf on neck, fleur on breast / POSVI DЄVm ΛDIVTORЄ mЄVm/CIVITΛS LOnDOn, long cross pattée; trefoils in angles, no im., no stops, pellet under TAS and DOn. Whitton, Heavy 59 var. (stops on obv.); North 1505; SCBC 1917 (this coin illustrated). EF, toned, typical minor areas of weak strike.