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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 168

The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Light Coinage, Half-Ryal, c. 1467-1470, Type VII, York, ED | WARD * DI * GRA * REX * ANGL * S * FRANC, trefoil stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, E on standard, E in waves below, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 3/3, ornaments 1- | -1, rev. DOMINE * NE * IN * FVRORE * TVO : ARGVAS : ME, trefoil stops, ornate cross fleury, crowned leopards in angles, 3.73g [59.2grns], 8h, p.m. rose and lys [on reverse only] (Blunt & Whitton VI [Pl. XI, no. 10]; Webb Ware dies 14/21; Fletcher 39 same dies; Lockett 3129 same dies; cf. Schneider I, 424-425; North 1558; Spink 1963), struck with aged and rusty dies, otherwise a bolder very fine, rare

Provenance
The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq.
Glendining, 19 May 1964, lot 286 - £131.5.0 [Spink for English]

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Sold for
£4,000

Starting price
£1500