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Auction: 5020 - The Ivan Buck Collection and Other Properties
Lot: 41

Edward I, new coinage, 1279, Groat, 5.41g., EDWARDVS:D´I:GRA´REX:ANGL, crowned facing bust in quatrefoil of three lines, rose on drapery (not visible on this coin), flower in each spandrel, pierced cinquefoil each side of head, rev. DNS/HIBN´/EDVX/AQVT, LON/DON/IAC/IVI, long cross with foliate ends, three pellets in each quarter (SCBI 39 variety a with crown of variety b, no. 5; Fox 5; S.1379a var.; N.1007) gilt on reverse,amount removed from obverse, otherwise fine with a clear portrait, very rare Estimate £ 1,000-1,200PROVENANCE: Reported to be a detector find from the Essex and Suffolk borders

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£1,900