CNG 87, Lot: 2095. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

YORK. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AV Ryal - Rose Noble (33mm, 7.71 g, 8h). Light coinage, class VII. Tower mint; mm: -/crown. Struck late 1466/7. ЄD [W]ΛRD’ DI’ GRA’ RЄX ΛnGL’ (retrograde Z) FRΛnC’ DnS I B’, king standing facing, holding sword and shield, in ship with bowsprit; large rose on hull and banner with large Є in stern; trilobe stops; no pellet by shield; BW R4 / IhC ΛVT TRΛNSIЄNS PЄR mЄDIVm ILLORVm IBΛT, large radiant sun with rose in center over cross with lis at ends; crowned lions passant in quarters; trefoils in spandrils; trilobe stops; BW R4. Blunt & Whitton type VIII(A); Schneider 371; North 1549; SCBC 1951. Near EF, legend weak in spots, double strike on obverse, traces of possible prior mounting.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.