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LOT 2534

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182


English Medieval Coins - Edward IV - Coventry - Sun/Rose AR Groat 1464-1470 A.D.

First reign, light coinage. Obv: facing crowned bust, quatrefoil either side of neck, C on breast, within tressure of nine arcs, large fleurs on cusps, initial mark sun (1467-70). Rev: long cross, dual concentric inscriptions around trio of pellets in each inner angle, CIVI TAS COVE TRE for Coventry mint, rose mintmark (1464-5). 2.44 grams, 23 mm.

Good fine, clipped. Scarce muled mintmarks 28/33. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.

LITERATURE:
S.2008, N.1581.

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