CNG 109, Lot: 898. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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YORK (Restored). Richard III. 1483-1485. AR Groat (23.5mm, 2.84 g, 4h). Type 2b. London (Tower) mint; im: boar’s head 2. (boar’s head) RICΛRD’ · DI’ · GRΛ’ · RЄX ΛnGL’ · Z FRΛnC (saltire stops), crowned facing bust within tressure of arches / POSVI DЄVm‘· Λ DIVTOR Є’· mЄVm/ CIVI TAS LOn DOn (saltire stops), long cross pattée; three pellets in each quarter. Winstanley 8; North 1679; SCBC 2156. EF, toned, slightly double struck on reverse.