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Auction: 16020 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 2, Coins of Henry II to Edward II
Lot: 710

Edward I (1279-1307), New Coinage, Groat, London, 5.04g, variety a, +edwardvs:di:gra:rex:angl. a flat crown with pellet ornaments, small face with short hair, quatrefoil of three lines, drapery of two wedges with rosette below, colon stops, rev. :dns hibn’e dvx aqvt – londonia civi, long cross, pellets in angles (N.1007; S.1379A; Fox 5, Stewartby p.170 var.a), poor to fair, the description best taken from Lord Stewartby’s own ticket as follows:

‘Very rare denomination for this reign. In the worst possible condition, worn, cracked, scratched, gilt, has been mounted and in a fire – an abysmal specimen.’ A note that it is also plugged was subsequently added.

provenance:
Bt August 1955

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