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Auction: 20004 - British Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction - conducted behind CLOSED DOORS
Lot: 64

Richard II (1377-99), Halfgroats (2), Tower, type III/II mule, 1.67g, 7h, m.m. cross pattée, reads fra, trefoils on cusps, double saltire stops, lombardic ns, rev. double saltire stops, horizontally-barred ns (DIG III-1/II-7; Potter III/II; N.1323/1322; S.1683/82), creased, with rougher surfaces, fair, the mule very rare; another, 'true' type III, 2.16g, 6h, similar to last (DIG 1/1; Potter 6/IIIa; N.1323; S.1683), slight flan crease, fair (2)

provenance
i) D I Greenhalgh, part III, DNW 106, 6 February 2013, lot 146
cf. Galata's Guide to Medieval Half Groats, p.43, no. 2 and p. 44 (this coin)
ii) D I Greenhalgh, part II, DNW 102, 18 September 2012, lot 2088
cf. Galata's Guide to Medieval Half Groats, pp. 43, no. 3

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Estimate
£350 to £450

Starting price
£290