Attractive Richard III Groat

CNG 94, Lot: 1948. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Richard III. 1483-1485. AR Groat (25mm, 2.97 g, 3h). London mint; im: boar head 2. RICΛRD’ · DI’ · GRΛ’ · RЄX ΛnGL’ · Z FRΛnC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; saltire stops / POSVI DЄVm · Λ DIVTOR Є · mЄVm/CIVI TAS LOn DOn (double saltire stops), long cross; trefoil in quarters. Winstanley 8; North 1679; SCBC 2156. Near EF, toned. Broad round flan.

From the James Fox Collection.