Richard III Angel

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1733. Estimate $15000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

YORK (Restored). Richard III. 1483-1485. AV Angel (27mm, 4.05 g, 10h). Type 2b. Tower (London) mint; im: boar’s head 1/boar’s head 2. (boar’s head) RICΛRD’· DI ·’ GRΛ’· RЄX · ΛNGL’· Z FRΛNC : (trefoil) (saltire and double saltire stops), Archangel Michael slaying dragon / (boar’s head) PЄR CRVCЄ’· TVΛm · SΛLVΛ · nOS · XPC · RЄDЄ’ (saltire stops), ship bearing shield and cross, R and rose flanking cross. Winstanley 6; Schneider 488 (same dies); North 1676; SCBC 2151. VF, areas of weakness on ship and dragon, clipped, small edge cut, minor marks. Rare.