375, Lot: 846. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AR Groat (28mm, 3.88 g, 4h). Leaf-pellet issue, Class C. London (Tower) mint; im: cross fleurée. Struck 1445-1454. + hЄnRIC · DI GRΛ · RЄX · ΛnGLI · 7 FRΛnCI · (saltire stops), crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; pellets to left of crown and right of hair; leaf on neck; lis on breast / POSVI DЄVm Λ DIVTORЄ mЄVm/ CIVI TS LOn Don, long cross pattée; trefoil in quarters; pellets on line under CIVI and LON. Whitton,
Heavy –; cf. North 1505; cf. SCBC 1917. VF, toned, edge split. Rare variety with right pellet at hair.