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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 396

(x) Richard III (1483-1485), Type 2b, Halfpenny, 1483-1484, London, (m.m.) RICARD DI GRA REX, crowned bust facing, with pellet eyes, no marks by neck, rev. CIVITAS LOnDOn, long cross with trefoils angles, 0.39g [6.02grns], 9h, m.m. boar's head 1 [on obverse only] (North 1688; S.2170), softly struck to peripheries, otherwise darkly toned with sharper central devices, approaching very fine, very rare

Provenance

The Martin Waldron Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins


A G & S Gillis, by private treaty (ref. 6358), February 2008 [with ticket]

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£320