Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1384. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AR Groat (3.57 g, 10h). Rosette-Mascle issue. Calais mint. Struck 1427-1430. (cross II) hЄnRIC’ DI’ GRΛ’ RЄX ΛnGL’ Z FRΛnC’, crowned facing bust / (cross V) POSVI (rosette) DЄVm ΛDIVTORЄ’ mЄVm/VIL (mascle)LAT CALISIE (rosette), long cross pattée; trefoils in angles, double saltire stops. Whitton, Heavy 13c; North 1446; SCBC 1859. VF, toned, slight bend in flan. Well centered and struck.

Ex St. James 7 (8 February 2008), lot 72; William C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin’s 42, 26 September 2005), lot 928.