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Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1127

Henry IV 'Bolingbroke' (1399-1413), 'Light Coinage', Noble, struck with the Heavy Coinage obverse die, Type IIb, Tower, hEN | RIC .' DEI : GRA .' REX : ANGL . Z . FRANC .' D .' hIB .' AQ '/., broken annulet stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, crescent on rudder, three lis in shield, ropes 3/1, rev. + IhC : AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORV : IBAT, double saltire stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, slipped trefoil in first quarter, large h and pellet in centre, 7.02g [108.34grns], 10h, i.m. cross pattée (Schneider I, 197-198 same obverse die [Heavy Coinage]; North 1337; S.1706), warped and crimped from soil deposition, with usual die breaks and flatness to portrait, with a honey-yellow tone throughout, struck details a bolder fine to very fine, extremely rare

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Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£3000