Finer of Two in Private Hands

5645139.

SOLD $13500

LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AV Half Noble (26mm, 3.53 g, 5h). Rosette-Mascle issue. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1430-1431. Henry standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; ornaments: 1-1-1; quatrefoils: 3/3; ropes: 2/1 / Cross fleurée over voided short cross potent; at center, h within quatrefoil; in each angle, crown above lion passant; all within double polylobe, trefoils in spandrels. Whitton, Heavy 7 (same dies as illustration); Schneider 310-1 var. (legends and stops); North 1441; SCBC 1819. Traces of deposits. VF. Extremely rare. With the exception of the two true Rosette-Mascle Half nobles in the Schneider collection, we believe there to be only one other example in private hands.

Ex Dr. Baumhauer Collection; T. W. J. D. Dupree Collection; E.M. Norweb (Part I, Spink 45, 13 June 1985), lot 174, purchased from Spink, April 1957; R.C. Lockett (Part II, 11 October 1956), lot 1440; T. Bliss (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 22 March 1916), lot 218.