Very Rare Mule

264, Lot: 604. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

YORK. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AR Groat (25mm, 3.14 g, 4h). Light coinage, type VI/Vd mule. London mint; mm: sun/rose. Struck 1465-1466. ЄDWΛRD’ DI GRΛ RЄX ΛnGL’ Z FRΛnC, crowned facing bust in tressure of arches; trefoils on cusps, saltire stops, quatrefoils flanking neck / POSVI DЄVm ΛDIVTORЄ mЄVm//CIVITAS LOnDOn, long cross pattée; three pellets in quarters, saltire stops. Blunt & Whitton p. 155, 2; cf. North 1569/1568 (for obv./rev.); SCBC 2000. Good VF, toned. Very rare mule.