Transitional Henry IV/Henry V Mule // Ex Reigate (Brokes Road) Hoard

CNG 85, Lot: 1537. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LANCASTER. Henry V. 1413-1422. AR Groat (27mm, 3.71 g, 12h). Transitional Henry IV/Henry V mule. London mint; im: cross pattée/pierced cross with pellet center. Struck 1413. hЄnRIC’ DI GRΛ’ RЄX ΛnGLIЄ Z FRΛnC’, crowned facing bust; pellet to left of crown / POSVI (quatrefoil) DЄVm ΛDIVTORЄ’ mЄVm/CIVITΛS LOnDOn, long cross pattée; trefoils in angles. Harris, Die, 1 (O III-1/R A-4); cf. North 1359b/1385; SCBC 1760. VF for type, toned, usual weak strike. Very rare.

Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXII.5 (October 2004), no. HS1825; Reigate (II – Brokes Road) Hoard (Glendining, 8 December 1992), lot 171.