Triton XXII, Lot: 1408. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AV Noble (33mm, 6.92 g, 9h). 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: -11-1; quatrefoils: 3/3; n type 2, F type 1 / (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 1) in all others; n type 1, P type 1. Whitton,
Heavy 3a; Schneider 274 (same dies); North 1414; SCBC 1799. Good VF, lustrous.
From the WRG Collection, purchased from William B. Porter, September 1990.