YORK. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AR Groat (27mm, 3.76 g, 11h). Heavy coinage, type I. London (Tower) mint; im: plain cross/lis. Struck 1461-1464. Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches with trefoils at cusps; lis on neck, pellets flanking crown / Long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional pellets under CIVI and LON. North 1529; SCBC 1969. Darkly toned. Good VF.
Ex Dr. Irving Schneider Collection; E. M. Norweb Collection (Part I, Spink 45, 13 June 1985), lot 195, purchased from Spink, November 1963.
