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Auction: 20004 - British Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction - conducted behind CLOSED DOORS
Lot: 53

Richard II (1377-99), Groat, Tower, type II/I mule, 4.43g, 3h, m.m. cross pattée, 'new' lettering, reads z franc, three pellets above crown, fleurs on cusps, double saltire stops, small a, lombardic ns, rev. d of london over higher d, double saltire stops, reverse-barred ns, bar above last (Potter IIa/I; N.1320b/1320a; S.1679/1678), minor edge chips at 3 and 9 o'clock, lightly clipped, otherwise good fine and not unattractive, very rare

provenance
C Rochester, Spink 194, 27 March 2008, lot 521 - £550
J M Ashby, Spink 145, 12-14 July 2000, lot 2326 [with his ticket, stating: acquired Baldwin, 16 November 1972]
Reputedly
Lord Grantley, part IV, Glendining, 20-21 April 1944, lot 1376 (part)
Roth, Sotheby, 19 July 1917, lot 189 (part)


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Sold for
£500

Starting price
£400