CNG 97, Lot: 1014. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AV Noble (33mm, 6.75 g, 5h). Annulet issue. London mint; im: lis. Struck 1422-1427. Һ ЄnRIC’ · DI’ · GRA’ · RЄX · AnGL’ · 7 · FRΛnC’ · Dn’S · ҺYB’, Henry standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; annulet to left of hand; ornaments: 1-1-1; quatrefoils: 3/3 / (lis) IҺ’C (mullet) ΛVT’ · TRΛnSIЄnS · PЄR · mЄDIVm · ILLORV’ · IBΛT (annulet stops), cross fleurée over voided short cross potent; at center, Һ within quatrefoil; in each angle, crown above lion passant; all within double polylobe, with annulet in one spandrel and trefoil in all others. Whitton,
Heavy 4f; Schneider 275/279 (same obv./rev. dies); North 1414; SCBC 1799. Good VF, very light crease, minor edge marks.
From the D.F. Alder Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXIV.4 (April 1956), no. 3310.