Exceptional Richard half Groat

CNG 85, Lot: 1534. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Richard II. 1377-1399. AR Halfgroat (21mm, 2.30 g, 1h). Type II. London mint. + RICHΛRD DI GRΛ [RЄX] ΛnGLIЄ, crowned facing bust in tressure of arches with trefoils on cusps; no pellets above crown / POSVI DЄVm ΛDIVTORЄm mЄV//CIVITΛS LOИDOИ, long cross; three pellets in quarters. Potter pl. XX, 4 (dies 4/IIaB); North 1322; SCBC 1682. Good VF, toned. Exceptional for issue.

Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 2259.