Triton XXI, Lot: 1404. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Richard II. 1377-1399. AV Noble (35mm, 8h). Second period, Type IIIa. Tower (London) mint. Struck circa 1390-1399. RIC ΛRD’ · DI’ · GRΛ’ · RЄX : ΛnGL’ · (retrograde Z) : FRΛnC’ · DnS : hIB’ · (retrograde Z) · ΛQ T (single and double trefoil stops), Richard standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; ornaments -1-1-, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 4/4 / + IhC’ · ΛVTЄm : TRΛNSIЄNS : PЄR : mЄDIV’ · ILLORVm : IBA (single and double trefoil stops), voided short cross potent over cross fleurée, pellets flanking top and bottom lis; in each angle, crown (with broken bottom) over lion passant over voided trefoil; at center, R within quadrilobe; all within polylobe, with trefoils in spandrels. Stewartby p. 254; Schneider –; North 1303 (1); SCBC 1656; Goldberg 42, lot 791 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation, graded MS 64 (citing incorrect SCBC number).

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.