English Coins from the Collection of the Late Dr John Hulett (Part Xv)
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Pinecone-Mascle issue, Groat, London, mm. crosses IIIb/V, 3.10g/11h (N 1460; S 1874); Pinecone-Mascle/Rosette-Mascle issue mule, Groat, Calais, mm. crosses IIIb/V, 3.68g/2h (N 1461/1446; S 1875/1859) [2]. Fine or better, the mule extremely rare £200-£260
---
Provenance: First Croydon Coin Auction 87, 20 March 1991, lot 410; second E. Bohr Collection, Part I, Bonhams Auction, 28 March 2006, lot 563, bt S. Mitchell August 2006.
Rosette/Pinecone mules are relatively common, but the opposite combination is extremely rare with no specimens being present in the Reigate Hoard. However another example, from different dies, was included in the Buck Collection (Spink 176, 30 November 2005, lot 174)