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Auction: 5020 - The Ivan Buck Collection and Other Properties
Lot: 324

Edward IV, light coinage, Groats (2), type VII, York, (i) 2.98g., m.m. lis/lis over crown, E on neck, quatrefoils by neck, large fleurs on cups, rev. C of EBORACI over S, (BW VII b var.; S.2012; N.1583); (ii) 2.82g., mm. lis, similar to last but trefoil after CIVI/TAS, (BW VII, b/c) the first lightly double struck on obverse, toned, on a full flan, almost very fine, the second almost fine (2) Estimate £ 120-150The phonetic spelling error SIVITAS for CIVITAS is not unusual on medieval Groats but we have not previously noted the error EBORASI for EBORACI(!)

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