Henry V/IV Mule Noble – Ex Norweb Collection

Triton XVII, Lot: 1439. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LANCASTER. Henry V. 1413-1422. AV Noble (31mm, 6.97 g, 3h). Class B/Light issue of Henry IV mule. London (Tower) mint. h ЄnRIC’· DI’· GRΛ’· RЄX : ΛnGL’ · Z : FRΛnC’· DnS : hyB’ (saltire and double saltire stops), king standing facing, holding sword in right hand and coat-of-arms in left, in ship with bowsprit; clipped trefoil over sail, annulet on rudder. ornaments -11-11, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 3/3 / + Ih’C : ΛVTЄm : TRΛnSIЄnS : PЄR : mЄDIVm : ILLORV : IBΛT (trefoil) (double saltire stops), ornate cross with lis at ends and h in center; crowned lions in quarters, clipped trefoil above head of lion in 1st quarter. Brooke dies IIIb/–; Schneider 215 var. (obv. legend stops and location of trefoil on rev.); North 1370/1355; SCBC 1740/1715. VF, slightly wavy flan. Very rare mule.

Ex Emory May Norweb Collection (Part I, Spink 45, 13 June 1985), lot 162, purchased from Spink, November 1961.