Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1136. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. Sold For $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AR Groat (3.89 g, 1h). Leaf-pellet issue, class C. London mint. Struck 1445-1454. +hЄnRIC x DI GRΛ xx RЄX xx ΛnGLI x Z FRΛnC, 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. (one saltire after RЄX); North 1505; SCBC 1917. Good VF, toned, a few minor flat spots.
Ex G.W. de Wit Collection; Winter 40 (20 March 1981), lot 1324.