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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 449

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Henry VI, (First Reign, 1422-1461), (5) Various 'Leaf-Trefoil' Issue Coins, including: Groat, Leaf-Trefoil Issue, London, + HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC, crowned facing bust, rev. POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEUM (CIVITAS LONDON), long cross with trefoils in angles, mm. cross fleury, 3.14g, [48.4grns], 1h (North 1484; Spink 1897), softness to details, a contrasting tone throughout, good fine; another, mm. cross fleury, 3.74g, [57.6grns], 6h (North 1484; Spink 1898), blundered details on the obverse, reverse much better, toned, good fine; and Halfpenny, Leaf-Trefoil Issue (1436-1438), London, + HENRICVS REX ANGL, crowned facing bust, without leaf, rev. CIVI TAS LON DON, long cross pattée, trefoil of pellets in angles, 0.45g, 1h, (North 1493; Spink 1906), blundered details, iron deposits, toned, fine; another, 0.42g, 11h, (North 1512; Spink 1929), daylight hole in field at 3 o'clock, some areas of blundered legends, toned, fine; another, 0.44g, 7h, (North 1492; Spink 1905), blundered details, scratches, toned, fine (5)

Provenance

i) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1988 - £52

ii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1995 - £85

iii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1987 - £38

iv) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1988 - £36

v) T Matthews, by private treaty, 2000 - £38



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Starting price
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