Leaf-Mascle/Pinecone-Mascle Mule

445, Lot: 727. Estimate $100. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AR Groat (26mm, 3.73 g, 5h). Leaf-mascle/pinecone-mascle mule. London (Tower) mint; im: voided cross/plain cross. Struck 1432/3. Crowned facing bust in tressure of arches; leaf below bust / Long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters; pincone after POSVI and pinecone over double saltire after DOn. Whitton, Heavy 20a; cf. North 1475/1460 (obv./rev.); cf. SCBC 1888/1874 (obv./rev.). VF, toned. Extremely rare mule.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from B.A. Seaby, 2 June 1964. Ex Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 509 (October 1960), no. 7368.