YORK. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AV Half Ryal (28mm, 3.89 g, 4h). Light coinage. York mint; im: –/sun. Struck 1467-1470. Є · DWΛRD’· DI : GRΛ : RЄX · ΛnGL’· Z · FRΛnC · (trefoil and double trefoil stops), Edward standing facing in ship with bowsprit, holding sword and shield; large rose on hull and banner with large Є in stern, Є in waves / (sun) DOmInЄ · nЄ · In · FVRORЄ : TVO : ΛRGVΛS mЄ, radiant sun, with rose in center, over cross with lis at ends; crowned lion passant in each quarter; all within polylobe with trefoil on cusps and in each spandrel. Blunt & Whitton type VI; Schneider 424-5 var. (legend stops); North 1558; SCBC 1963. In NGC encapsulation 6529299-005, graded MS 64. A very high grade coin with considerable mint brilliance.
Ex Magnus (Spink 207, 28 March 2012), lot 857; Spink 67 (16 November 1988), lot 22. Reportedly ex H.P. Hall (Part III, Glendining, 26 July 1950), lot 53.
