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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 472

Henry IV (1399-1413), Light Coinage, Type B, Noble, 1412-1413, London, HEN | RIC ' DEI . GRA[ ] ANGL Z FRANC D ' hIB AQ, annulet stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, with no marks, rev. (m.m) Ih' C : AVTEM : TRAnSIEnS : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORV : IBAT, double saltire stops, pellet and h at centre, trefoil in second quarter, all within tressure, trefoils in spandrels, 6.96g [107.5grns], 7h, i.m. cross pattée (Stewartby Pa/Pb; Schneider 198/-; North 1355; Spink 1715) obverse struck from a heavily worn and rusted 'Heavy Coinage' die, thus soft in parts, otherwise with an attractive tone, good fine / about very fine, extremely rare

Provenance

Lord Stewartby, Part III, Spink 239, 26 September 2016, lot 936

M A Sinton, CNG, Triton III, 30 November - 1 December 1999, lot 1494

J L Dresser, Stack's, 29 April 1987, lot 1743

V J E Ryan, Glendining, 28 June 1950, lot 28 - fine and a very rare variety - £17.0.0

L E Bruun, Sotheby's, 18 May 1925, lot 372 [part] - 'somewhat roughly struck, but in good preservation, and an unpublished variety with the crescent stops on obverse, and reading DEI' - £13.10.0 [Ryan]




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