Richard III Angel

CNG 91, Lot: 1509. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

YORK (Restored). Richard III. 1483-1485. AV Angel (26mm, 5.08 g, 4h). London mint; im: halved sun & rose 2. RICΛD’ · DI · GRΛ · RЄX ΛnGL · Z FRΛnC :, Archangel Michael slaying dragon; saltire stops, I2 in legend / PЄR CRVCЄ’· TVΛ’· SΛLVΛ nOS XPC · RЄDЄmPT, ship bearing shield and cross, R and rose flanking cross; saltire stops, V2 in legend. Winstanley 15; Schneider 498; North 1677; SCBC 2152. Near VF, compact flan, struck from worn dies. Very rare.

From the Tradewinds Collection.