Engraver’s Error

CNG 105, Lot: 1211. Estimate $400. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AR Groat (27mm, 3.70 g, 2h). Pinecone-mascle issue. Calais mint; im: cross patonce/plain cross. Struck 1431-1432/3. + hЄnRIC · DI’· GRΛ’· RЄX ◊ ΛnGL’· Z · FRΛnC’, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; lis at cusps, pinecone and saltire stops in legend / + POSVI · DЄVm : Λ DIVTORЄ’· mЄVm/ VIL ◊ LΛ : CΛL SIЄ · (sic), long cross pattée; trefoil in quarters; pinecone, saltire, and double saltire stops in legend. Whitton, Heavy –; North 1461; SCBC 1875. VF, toned. Missing I in CALISIE – rare engraver’s error not recorded by Whitton.

Ex Elsen 98 (13 December 2008), 872; Ivan Buck Collection (Spink 176, 30 November 2005), lot 190.