412, Lot: 1023. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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YORK (Restored). Edward IV. Second reign, 1471-1483. Square Æ Noble Coin Weight (19x20mm, 6.54 g). Partial figure of king standing facing in ship with fore and after castles; all within reeded circular border; all within circular incuse / Blank. Withers,
British 165-6 (for type); Biggs,
English, p. 27 (same). VF, brown surfaces, traces of earthen deposits, light scratch on obverse.
From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection.
It is also possible that this weight was manufactured in the Low Countries.