Spink > Auction 23129Auction date: 26 January 2024
Lot number: 9857

Price realized: 550 GBP   (Approx. 699 USD / 645 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Annulet Issue, Groat, 1422-1427, Calais, crowned bust facing, annulets at neck, rev. VILLA : CALISIE : long cross and trio of pellets in angles, m.m. pierced cross, 3.80g [58.6grns], 7h (North 1427; Spink 1836), a small fracture at 8 o'clock, otherwise an unbelievably fulsome and uniform strike, beautifully and richly cabinet toned, a hint of doubling in legends otherwise superbly choice for this commonly encountered but ever problematic issue, good extremely fine and as true to 'mint state' as a connoisseur is ever likely to encounter with this series, extremely rare as such!.

Estimate: £500 - £800

Match 1:
Spink > Auction 24004Auction date: 4 April 2024
Lot number: 79

Price realized: 520 GBP   (Approx. 654 USD / 607 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Annulet Issue, Groat, 1422-1427, London, crowned bust facing, rev. CIVITAS LONDON, additional annulet in second and third quarter, 3.24g [50.0grns], 9h (North 1423; Spink 1835), some softness to higher points, full flan, well struck, evenly toned, very fine; and, Halfgroat, London, similar, 1.79g [27.6grns], 11h (North 1428; Spink 1839), chipped flan at 10 o'clock, otherwise beautifully toned, very fine (2).

Estimate: £350 - £450

Match 2:
Spink > Auction 24004Auction date: 4 April 2024
Lot number: 90

Price realized: 350 GBP   (Approx. 440 USD / 409 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Annulet Issue / Rosette-Mascle Issue, Groat, 1430-1431, Calais, crowned bust facing, rev. VILLA CALISIE, long cross, trefoil of pellets in angles, m.m pierced cross / plain cross, 3.55g [54.8grns], 5h (North 1424/1446; Spink 1836/1859), softly struck in parts, fine to very fine; another, Annulet-Trefoil Issue, Halfgroat, Calais, crowned facing bust, rev. long cross fourchee, trefoil after POSVI, annulet in third quarter, m.m plain cross, 1.69g [26.1grns], 7h (North 1429; Spink 1855), touch of softness to parts of the legends, otherwise the portrait pleasing, very fine (2).
Provenance,
By private treaty - £125,
Estimate: £200 - £260

Match 3:
Spink > Auction 24004Auction date: 4 April 2024
Lot number: 85

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Annulet Issue, Groat, 1422-1427, Calais, annulets at neck and in two quarters on reverse, 3.21g [49.5grns], 7h (North 1427; Spink 1836), irregular flan with darker, rougher surfaces, otherwise struck details a bolder very fine; another, Calais, similar, 3.62g [55.9grns], 3h (North 1427; Spink 1836), slight bend to a fuller flan, a pleasingly bold very fine (2).

Estimate: £350 - £450

Match 4:
Spink > Auction 24004Auction date: 4 April 2024
Lot number: 84

Price realized: 420 GBP   (Approx. 528 USD / 490 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Annulet Issue, Groat, 1422-1427, Calais, annulets at neck and in two quarters on reverse, 3.74g [57.7grns], 4h (North 1427; Spink 1836), artificially toned with colourful hues, some softness to details, otherwise very fine; another, Calais, similar, 3.73g [57.6grns], 3h (North 1427; Spink 1836), softness to higher aspects of devices, otherwise lightly toned, near very fine (2).

Estimate: £350 - £450

Match 5:
Spink > Auction 24004Auction date: 4 April 2024
Lot number: 81

Price realized: 750 GBP   (Approx. 943 USD / 876 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461), Annulet Issue, Groat, 1422-1427, Calais, annulets at neck and in two quarters on reverse, 3.88g [59.9grns], 2h (North 1427; Spink 1836), small die break by hair, otherwise attractively cabinet toned, a really good very fine to approaching extremely fine in parts.

Estimate: £300 - £400