England (1484-85) groat
This specimen was lot 1236 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $3,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Groat, ND (1484-85). London Mint; mm: halved sun & rose. Richard III. PCGS EF-45. Obverse: Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches with trefoils at cusps; pellet below bust, RICΛRD; Reverse: Long cross pattee; trefoils in quarters. Handsomely toned and exhibiting very slight clipping, this RARE issue emanates from the final two years of the rather brief reign of Richard III, whose defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field ended the War of the Roses and served as the traditional close of the middle ages on the British Isles. From the Paul C. Runze Collection (purchased from Davisson's)." The halved sun & rose mintmark with a pellet on the obverse dates this groat to 1484-85.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: S-2158; N-1680.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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- England (1483) groat S-2146 Edward IV or V
- England (1483) angel Fr-141 Edward V
- England (1483) groat S-2154 Richard III
- England (1483-85) groat Richard III
- (1484-85) groat, York mint
- Coins and currency dated 1484