438, Lot: 698. Estimate $150. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AR Groat (27mm, 3.77 g, 9h). Cross-pellet issue. London (Tower) mint; im: cross-crosslet. Crowned facing bust, with leaf and fleur on breast; saltires flanking neck; pellets flanking crown; all within tressure of arches, with trefoils in spandrels / Long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters; additional pellets in second and third quarters. Whitton, Heavy 66b; North 1516; SCBC 1934. VF, toned. ‘HVL’ engraved on two ends of reverse cross. Extremely rare.