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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 569

(x) Henry IV (1399-1413), Heavy Coinage, Noble, c. 1399-1405, Type Ic, Tower (London), hEN | RIC x DI x GRA x REX : ANGL 'x S : FRANC 'x D 'x hIB ' S AQ | T' King standing in ship, holding broad sword and Lancastrian shield repunched with three lys (2/1) of the 'Ancien Régime', ornaments 1-1-1-1, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 4/4, crescent on rudder, rev. + IhC : AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIV 'x ILLORVM : IBAT, double saltire stops, floriate cross with crowned 'small' leopards in angles, h at centre, voided trefoils on cusps, larger trefoils in spandrels, 6.995g [107.94gns], 11h, i.m. cross pattée (F A Walters, "The Coinage of Henry IV", (Numismatic Chronicle IV, 1905), pp. 252-256 ['Before his 6th Year']; C E Blunt, 'The Heavy Coinage of Henry IV' [BNJ XXIV, 1942], p. 23 and Type Ia, 6 = Forster [1868], 25 = Hon. Marsham-Townshend [1888], 312 = A D Clarke [1891], 37 = Montagu II [1896], 475* = Durlacher [1899], 53* = Murdoch I, 310* = Glens (22 November 1938), 483 = Lockett III, 3065* = Schneider I, 196* same obverse die; Pulham Hoard 5 this coin; BMC -; North -, cf. 1336; S.1706), struck with aged dies and uniformly clipped as expected for this pre-Debasement issue from a celebrated 1430-era hoard deposit, otherwise attractively lustrous and considerably bolder than very fine, OF THE HIGHEST RARITY, with only two specimens of this class recorded since 1905; this being the only at present available to commerce and the reverse die unknown to Blunt and Schneider, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder (Cert. #8534362-002)

Provenance

The "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins


Pulham Hoard, Christie, Manson and Woods, 28 May 1985, lot 5* - £5,000 [Amstell]



The Pulham hoard of 100 Medieval gold coins (with a total face value of £32.5.0) was discovered by Mr Simon Drake on his property at Grange Farm, Dorset between 22 May and 31 October 1983 and first released to the market by Christie’s on 28 May 1985. This coin was a part of the hoard and subsequent sale.

The Pulham find of 100 Medieval gold coins (with a total face value of £32.5.0) was discovered by Mr Simon Drake on his property at Grange Farm, Dorset between 22 May and 31 October 1983. Of the lots offered at Christie's, lots 2, 14, 54, 63, and 96 were retained by the finder.



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534362-002/NGCDetails/

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Estimate
£14,000 to £20,000

Starting price
£10000