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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 412

Richard III (1483-85), Penny, 0.62g, York under Archbishop Rotherham, m.m. sun and rose 2/-, crowned facing bust, no marks at neck, rev. quatrefoil on long cross, trefoil of pellets in angles (Stewartby p. 446 VRa field find with rough surfaces and small kink in flan, small flan as usual, a presentable piece for this poor issue for which the Archbishop was imprisoned by Richard thus nearly very fine and very rare

Stewartby, p.382, notes that this very rare Archbishop Rotherham issue with no marks by bust is only known from one die. It can be distinguished by the linear die-flaw to the left of the bust.

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£550