The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins formed by Marvin Lessen (Part 2)

Henry IV (1399-1413), Light coinage: Primary series, Groat, London, type II, mm. cross pattée, 8-arc tressure, annulet to left and pellet to right of crown, slipped trefoil on breast, 3.58g/3h (Stewartby P II; Potter II-1/II-2; N 1359a; S 1727). Excavated state, wavy flan, edge cracked and with a chip at 8 o’clock, extremely rare £900-£1,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: Bt Spink February 2010.

The vendor’s ticket states that the coin was previously with a dealer in East Anglia, which might suggest a metal detector find from that area c. 2009