154, Lot: 278. Estimate $300. Sold for $245. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

YORK (Restored). Edward IV. Second reign, 1471-1483. AR Groat (2.73 g, 5h). London mint; mm: pellet-in-annulet. Struck 1473-1477. Crowned facing bust in tressure of arches; trefoils on cusps, roses flanking bust / Long cross; trefoils in quarters. Blunt & Whitton Type XVb; North 1631; SCBC 2097. Near VF, toned, slight double strike on obverse. Rare.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex J. M. Ashby Collection (Spink 145, 12 July 2000), lot 2352 (part of); purchased, Baldwin 1976.