CNG 87, Lot: 2098. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

YORK (Restored). Richard III. 1483-1485. AR Groat (26mm, 3.13 g, 2h). Type 3. Tower mint; im: halved sun & rose 2. Struck June 1484 - 22 August 1485. RICΛRD’ DI’ GRΛ’ RЄX ΛnGL’ (retrograde Z) FRΛnC’, crowned facing bust in tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps (except over crown), pellet below bust; L2 in legend / POSVI DЄVm ΛDIVTORЄ mЄVm//CIVI TAS LOn DOn, long cross pattée; three pellets in quarters; L2, M1 in legend. Winstanley 11; North 1679; SCBC 2154. Good VF, toned.