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Auction: 1012 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 891

Edward IV, light coinage 1464-70, Half-Ryal, 3.83g, Bristol, m.m. - / rose and sun, king, crowned, standing facing in ship holding sword and shield, flag with letter e to left, rose below on ship´s hull, letter b in waves, trefoil stops, rev. rose over a radiate sun over royal cross, crowned leopards in angles, trefoils in spandrels, reading argvs (cf. Schneider 420- different mint marks; N.1555; S.1960), a little short of flan, extremely fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 5,000-7,000 provenance Bought Spink, April 1997

Sold for
£8,500