YORK. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AR Groat (25.5mm, 3.11 g, 1h). Light coinage, type VIII. London (Tower) mint; im: crown/sun. Struck 1468. Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; quatrefoils flanking neck and on breast, trefoils on cusps / Long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Blunt & Whitton VIIIb; North 1571; SCBC 2001. Slightly irregular flan. Deeply toned. Near EF. The portrait particularly well struck up.
Ex St. James 5 (27 September 2006), lot 211.
