Choice Edward IV

Triton XVII, Lot: 1440. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

YORK (Restored). Edward IV. Second reign, 1471-1483. AV Angel (27mm, 5.11 g, 9h). Type V. London (Tower) mint; mm: heraldic cinquefoil. Struck late 1475-1483. ЄDWΛRD · DЄI : GRA · RЄX · ΛnGL (retrograde Z) · FRΛnC : (single and double saltire stops), Archangel Michael slaying the Dragon / PЄR C RVCЄm · TVΛ’ SΛLVΛ · nOS XPC’ · RЄDЄmPT’ : (single and double saltire stops), ship with bearing shield and cross, Є and rose flanking cross. Webb Ware –; Blunt & Whitton type XXI; cf. Schneider 467-8; North 1626; SCBC 2091. EF.

Ex Edoardo Curti Collection; Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 2096 (hammer of $14,000). Includes old Seaby inventory ticket.