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Auction: 20004 - British Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction - conducted behind CLOSED DOORS
Lot: 18

Edward I (1272-1307), Groat, new coinage, variety A, Tower, 5.32g, 8h, m.m. cross pattée, + edwardvs : d'i: gr[a :] rex : angl':, swall crowned bust facing, rose on breast and by hair, flowers in spandrels of quatrefoil, rev. :dns hibn' e dvx aqvt | lon don ia c ivi, long cross and pellets (Allen [2004], dies a3/r4, cf. SNC, February 1974, no. 1295 same dies; N.1007; S.1379A), trace of gilding at periphery and light scuffing to fields, otherwise a strict fine, scarce

provenance
Purchased Spink, 1977 - £820 [with ticket]
G W Bower, Glendining, 16 June 1977, lot 297 - £750

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Sold for
£2,800

Starting price
£1300