CNG 108, Lot: 1145. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AV Noble (34mm, 7.04 g, 11h). Annulet issue. Tower (London) mint; im: lis. Struck 1422-1427. Һ ЄnRIC’ (fleur) DI’ · GRΛ’ · RЄX · ΛnGL’ · Z · FRΛnC’ · Dn’S · ҺУB’ (trefoil stops), Henry standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; annulet to left of hand, ornaments: 1-1-1 (Type B), quatrefoils: 3/3, N type 3 in legend / (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 (type 2) in all others; N type 4 in legend. Whitton,
Heavy 6c; Schneider 282; North 1414; SCBC 1799. Good VF, light orange tone, a couple of very light marks on ship’s hull.