LOT 2303
English Medieval Coins - Edward IV - London - AR Groat 1468-1489 A.D.
First reign, light coinage. Obv: facing bust with quatrefoils at neck within tressure with EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGLZ FRA legend with 'rose' mintmark. Rev: long cross and pellets with extra pellet in first quarter and POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM and CIVITAS LONDON legends for London mint. Very fine.(3.06 grams.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureS. 2000; N. 1567.
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English Medieval Coins - Edward I - London - AR Farthing 1279-1307 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
New coinage, class 3. Obv: facing bust with +E R ANGLIE legend. Rev: long cross and pellets dividing LON DON IEN SIS legend for London mint. 0.32 grams.
Good fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
English Medieval Coins - Henry VI - Calais - Rosette Mascle AR Halfgroat 1430-1431 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rosette mascle issue. Obv: facing bust in tressure with +HENRIC DI GRA REX ANG Z F legend. Rev: long cross and pellets with +POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM and VILLA CALISIE legends with mascle before LA and rosette after SIE, for Calais mint. 1.72 grams.
Fine.
Found Lincolnshire, UK. -
English Medieval Coins - Richard III - London - Boars Head AR Groat 1483-1485 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Type 2b. Obv: crowned facing bust within tressure of arches, legend around, RICARD’ · DI’ · GRA’ · REX AnGL’ · Z FRAnC (Richard by the Grace of God King of England and France), with Boar's head mintmark. Rev: long cross fourchee, trefoils in quarters, two lines of legend around, POSVI DEVM‘· A DIVTOR E’· MEVM / CIVI TAS LON DON (I have made God my helper / City of London). 2.67 grams.
Holed and used as a 'touch piece', split at 10 o'clock otherwise good fine. Extremely rare.
Found near Westward Ho!, Devon, UK, circa 2021. Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with record no.TBA.
