Triton XXI, Lot: 1405. Estimate $4000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LANCASTER. Henry IV. 1399-1413. AV Noble (35mm, 5h). Second (Light) coinage, Primary series Pb(ii) (type V). Tower (London) mint. Struck 1412-1413. hЄn RIC’ · DI · GRΛ’ · RЄX · ΛnGL’ · (&) : FRΛC’ · DnS · hIB’ · (&) · Λ (single and double saltire stops), Henry standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; ornaments 1-1-1-1, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 3/4, slipped trefoil on side of ship / + IhC : ΛVTЄm : TRΛNSIЄNS : PЄR : mЄDIVm : ILLORV · IBAT (single and double saltire stops), voided short cross potent over cross fleurée, pellets flanking top and bottom lis; in each angle, crown over lion passant over trefoil; lis in fourth quarter; at center, pellet and Һ within quadrilobe; all within polylobe, with trefoils in spandrels. Stewartby p. 318; Schneider –; North 1355; SCBC 1715. In NGC encapsulation, graded AU 58. Rare.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Sharps Pixley Collection (Spink 72, 9 November 1989), lot 3; Glendining’s (26 November 1980), lot 6.