Auction: 16022 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 4, Coins of Edward III to Richard III
Lot: 1333
Henry VI, (1422-1461), Groats (3), London, Leaf-pellet issue, 3.60g, mm. cross IIIb/-, henric di gra rex angl z francie, leaf on breast, pellets by crown, rev, saltire after posvi and before don only, extra pellet in tas and don quarters; 3.60g, angli z franc, rev, no extra pellets, stops or marks; 3.79g, leaf on neck, fleur on breast, rev, no marks, extra pellet in tas angle and on inner circle by don (N.1503, 1504, 1505; S.1914, 1915, 1917; Stewartby p.326, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIIc; Whitton 40d, 46/-, 57a this coin), the first with scratches to the reverse, toned, good fine to very fine (3)
provenance:
(i) R C Carlyon-Britton
SCMB November 1959/6973
(ii) W Talbot Ready, Sotheby, 15-19 December 1920, lot 443
R C Lockett, Glendining, 4-6 November 1958, lot 3110a
Bt February 1999
(iii) L A Lawrence, Glendining, 28 November 1951, lot 1187
R C Carlyon-Britton
E J Harris
Bt February 1999
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£400