Triton XX, Lot: 1566. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Richard II. 1377-1399. AR Groat (26mm, 4.55 g, 7h). Type III. Tower (London) mint. + RICΛRD’· DЄI : GRΛ’· RЄX : ΛnGL’· Z : FRΛnCIЄ (single and double saltire stops), crowned facing bust within double polylobe / + POSVI DЄVm : Λ DIVTOR Єm : mЄV’/CIVI TΛS LOИ DOИ, long cross pattée; trefoil in each quarter. Potter Type IIIc (Die 3)/IIIb (Die F), pl. XIX, 10 (same dies); North 1321a; SCBC 1680. VF, dark tone. Rare especially with such a strong portrait.

From the D. Meisner Collection.