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Auction: 16022 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 4, Coins of Edward III to Richard III
Lot: 1196

Richard II (1377-99), Halfgroat, London, using old obverse die of Edward III, 2.14g, mm. cross pattée, edwardvs rex angl z frac, saltire stops, Lombardic N, rev. posvi devm adivtorem mev, saltire stops, civi tas lon don, reversed Ns (Potter 1/IIIa; N.1324; S.1684; Stewartby p.263 and pl.14/280 this coin), fine with a few surface marks, very rare

provenance:
G V Doubleday, Glendining, 7-8 June 1972, lot 658

Halfgroats using old dies of Edward III paired with late reverses of Richard II has led to a conflict of theories as to whether they are late Richard II or early Henry IV. Current opinion favours the former

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Sold for
£380