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№ 953

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17 June 2010

Hammer Price:
£220

Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Light coinage, Groat, London, class VII/VIII, mm. crown on obv., sun on rev., quatrefoils by neck, trefoils on cusps except above crown, lis on breast, saltire stops, 3.00g/9h (B & W –; N 1569; S 2000); together with a Burgundian Double-Patard for Flanders [2]. First about very fine, the exact mule not listed in Blunt & Whitton, second fine
£80-100

Provenance: Found together on the banks of the River Teign at Chagford (Devon).

First only illustrated. Double-Patards were legal tender in England during the reign of Edward IV

The symbol on the breast may be a quatrefoil from a broken punch, if so the reference is B & W VIII 3a