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Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 40

Henry IV (1399-1412), Heavy Coinage, Penny, York, Archbishop Scrope or Bowet, hENRIC : REX : ANGL : Z : FRANC, crowned bust facing, with 'fluffy' hair, rev. CIVITAS EBORACI, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, quatrefoil at centre, 0.65g [13.38grns], 10h (North 1350; S.1722), lightly clipped with deposition scuffs and a light field tone, otherwise strictly fine, but an imposing example of this highly-prized Medieval rarity

Provenance

The Isladulcie Collection of Medieval Silver Coins

By private treaty (Nantwich, Cheshire), 12 August 2009

~ Reportedly found one mile north of Melbourne, Derbyshire, Summer 2008 ~

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Estimate
£400 to £600