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Auction 1  25 Sep 2018
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Lot 23

Estimate: 1500 GBP
Price realized: 2800 GBP
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Henry IV (1399-1413), silver Half-Groat, light coinage (1412-13), London Mint, facing crowned bust in double tressure of nine arcs, pellet to left of crown, annulet to right of crown, trefoil on breast, fleurs on cusps, legend with saltire stops and toothed border surrounding, initial mark cross pattée, +hEnRIC'x DEI xx GRA xx REX xx AnGL' xxZ' F, rev. long cross pattée, tri-pellets in each inner angle, twin concentric legends surrounding, inner legend with "xLOn" below start of outer legend, CIVI TAS xLOn DOn', outer legend initial mark cross pattée, +POSVI xxDEVmxx Adxx IVTOR Emxx mEVm, weight 1.89g (D.I.G. dies 1/4; Potter dies 1/2 and plate X no.2; N.1360; S.1729). One small flan split at top and undulation in flan, a couple of rim nicks, toned very fine and of the highest rarity, believed to be one of only three known with the saltire before Lon of London and only seven known with the DEI obverse with pellet to left of crown and annulet to right, extremely rare.

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