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LOT 2307
English Medieval Coins - Richard III - London - Boars Head AR Groat 1483-1485 A.D.
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). Holed and used as a 'touch piece', split at 10 o'clock otherwise good fine. Extremely rare.(2.67 grams.).
Provenance
Found near Westward Ho!, Devon, UK, circa 2021.
Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with record no.TBA.
Literature
S. 2156, N. 1679.
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LOT 2307
English Medieval Coins - Richard III - London - Boars Head AR Groat
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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