Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2129. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $6750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Richard II. 1377-1399. AV Noble (7.68 gm, 1h). Second issue, Type 2b. London mint. Richard standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; French title omitted, trefoil over sail / Ornate cross with lis at ends, R in center, surrounded by crowns and lions; saltire cross mintmark. Cf. Schneider 150; cf. North 1304; cf. SCBC 1655. EF on a full flan. ($5000)

Nobles of Richard II should have an initial mark of a cross pattee; however, there are very rare variants known (see, e.g., Schneider 126 and 139).