LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AR Groat (26mm, 3.55 g, 2h). Leaf-mascle issue. London (Tower) mint; im: voided cross/cross pattée. Struck 1432/3-1436. + hЄnRIC’· DI’· GRΛ’· RЄX ◊ ΛnGL’· Z · FRΛnC’ (saltire stops), crowned facing bust within tressure of arches with trefoils at cusps; leaf below bust / + POSVI DЄVM : Λ DIVTOR Є : mЄVm/ CIVI TΛS LOn : DOn (saltire and double stops), long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters. Whitton,
Heavy 20c (
this coin?); North 1474; SCBC 1889. Toned. VF. A very rare coin with a good provenance.
Ex I. Buck (Spink 176, 30 November 2005), lot 211, purchased from Spink, November 2004; Dr. E. Burstall (Glendining’s, 15 May 1968), lot 81; R.C. Lockett (English Part II, 11 October 1956), lot 1463 (part of).
