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Auction: 25007 - … British and World Coins and Medals featuring The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins
Lot: 248

Richard II (1377-1399), "Fine" or "Robust" Style Noble, Type IIb, Tower, RIC | ARD DEI : GRA : REX : ANGL : DNS .' HIB : Z . AQT, double saltire stops, French title omitted, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, slipped trefoil over sail, castles crenelated, ropes 3/1 {twisted}, ornaments 1-1-1-1, quatrefoils 4/4, rev. (m.m.) IhC : AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIV : ILLORV .' IBAT, double saltire stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, large R at centre, trefoils in spandrels, 7.75g [119.60grns], 12h, i.m. cross pattée (Schneider I, 150 same dies; Isladulcie -; North 1304; S.1655), staining to obverse and reverse legend at 7 o'clock, with some striking softness to devices on a lightly clipped flan, otherwise largely uniform and even for strike, very fine, and helpfully accentuated by underlying mint lustre

Provenance

Bloomsbury Auctions, 9 February 2005, lot 506

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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,600

Starting price
£1500