Henry IV (1399-1413), Heavy coinage, Penny, London, bust with long neck, star on breast, additional pellet in two quarters on rev., 0.92g/12h (Potter 5, this coin; N 1348; S 1719). Extremely rare. From the North Yorkshire Moors Collection of Marvin Lessen, auctioned by DNW in 3 sessions, 2018-20. Provenance: From the Highbury (London) Find, 1868; J.F. Neck Collection; H. Webb Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 9-14 July 1894, lot 113; J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 31 March-4 April 1903, lot 318, recté Heavy coinage; F.A. Walters Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 26-30 May 1913, lot 234; F.A. Walters Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 24-7 October 1932, lot 230; G.C. Drabble Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 13-14 December 1943, lot 1049; SCMB June 1949 (7722); SCMB November 1950 (8135); R. Carlyon-Britton Collection; ‘New Jersey’ (J.L. Dresser) Collection, Stack’s Auction (New York), 29 April-1 May 1987, lot 1744; A.F. Lovejoy Collection, Stack’s Auction (New York), 2-3 December 1997, lot 1476. Images courtesy of DNW.



S.1734, Penny - Henry IV (1399-1413), light coinage, 1412-13, Penny, 0.89g, York, annulet on breast, rev. quatrefoil in centre (N.1364; S.1734), rare. Images and selected text reproduced by kind permission of Spink and Son Ltd, London, auction 13012, lot # 551.