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Auction: 19051 - The Isladulcie Collection of English Hammered Gold Coins
Lot: 53

Richard II (1377-99), Quarter-Noble, Tower, type Ia, 1.66g [25.6gns], 6h, double saltire stops, a of ricard with drooping wedge top-bar, nothing over shield, rev. i.m. cross pattée [6], large r in centre (Webb Ware 1a; Stewartby Ia; Schneider I, 138, same obverse die/125; N.1317; S.1672), slightly short of flan, otherwise good fine with underlying cabinet tone, very rare

provenance
Glenister I, Spink 190, 27 September 2007, lot 478
Purchased Spink, 2 February 1945, with old Baldwin [?] ticket, stating: "very rarely up for sale"



Intriguingly the obverse die pairs with an example from the Schneider collection for the type Ib issue (new lettering, lys in centre of reverse), perhaps suggestive of this type representing a transitional muling between the two classes.

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Sold for
£950