Lot description:
The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Henry VI (First Reign, 1422-1461), (5) Various 'Leaf-Pellet' Issue Coins, including: Halfpenny, Leaf-Pellet Issue (1445-1454), London, + HENRIC REX ANGL, crowned facing bust, rev. CIVI TAS LON DON, long cross pattée, trefoil of pellets in angles, 0.46g, 6h, (North 1512; Spink 1928), double struck on reverse, bold features especially portrait, very fine; another, 0.42g, 11h, (North 1512; Spink 1929), daylight hole in field at 3 o'clock, some areas of blundered legends, toned, fine; and Farthing, Leaf-Pellet Issue, London, crowned facing bust, rev. CIVI TAS LON DON, long cross pattée, trefoil of pellets in angles, 0.20g, 8h (North 1513; Spink 1930), chipped and split flan, worn throughout, fine; and Halfpenny, Cross-Pellet Issue (1454-1461), London, + HENRIC REX ANGL, crowned facing bust, saltire on neck, rev. CIVI TAS LON DON, long cross pattée, trefoil of pellets in angles, 0.42g, 11h, (North 1524; Spink 1943), wear throughout, toned, fine; and, Penny, York, Archbishop Booth, HENRICVS REX ANGLI, crowned bust facing, rev. CIVI TAS EBO RACI, long cross, three pellets in each angle, quatrefoil in centre containing pellet, mm. cross fleury, 0.87g, 6h (North 1521; Spink 1940), double struck and widely worn, nicely toned with electric blue hues on obverse, some scratches, good fine (5).
Provenance,
i) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1999 - £45,
ii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1988 - £36,
iii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 2000 - £150,
iv) 'JC', by private treaty, 1986 - £65,
v) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1985 - £21,
Estimate: £250 - £350 | |