Well Struck Richard III Groat

247, Lot: 745. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

YORK (Restored). Richard III. 1483-1485. AR Groat (25mm, 2.92 g, 3h). Type III. London mint; mm: halved sun-rose 2. RICΛRD · DI’ · GRΛ’ RЄX ΛnGL’ · Z FRΛnC, crowned facing bust; all within tressure of arches, with trefoils in spandrels / POSVI DЄVm · Λ DIVTOR Є’ · mЄVm/CIVI TAS LOn DOn, long cross pattée, with three pellets in each quarter. Winstanley 12; North 1679; SCBC 2157. bold VF, a few light marks under the old tone. Well struck on a small flan..