PLANTAGENET. Edward I. 1272-1307. AR Groat (29mm, 5.71 g, 9h). New coinage, variety b. London (Tower) mint. Struck circa 1279. Good VF.

Keystone 16 – The David C. Bianchi II Collection
Lot: 102.
Closing Date: May 20 2026 10:00 ET

British – Plantagenet, Silver

Estimate: $ 10 000

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PLANTAGENET. Edward I. 1272-1307. AR Groat (29mm, 5.71 g, 9h). New coinage, variety b. London (Tower) mint. Struck circa 1279. + ЄDWARDVS : D’I : GRA’ : RЄX : AnGL : (triple pellet stops), crowned facing bust with rosette below, cinquefoils flanking; all within triple quadrilobe; trefoils in spandrels / : DnS hIBn’ Є DVX AQVT/ LOn DOn IA C IVI )triple pellet stops), long cross fleurée; triple pellets in quarters. Allen, Groats 21 (dies b2/r/; this coin); SCBI 39 (North), 7 (same obv. die); North 1008; SCBC 1379B. Toned, very minor edge marks. Good VF.

From the David C. Bianchi II Collection. Ex Heritage 3089 (21 January 2021), lot 31155 (there encapsulated as NGC AU 50); Penn Collection (Heritage 3061, 7 January 2018), lot 32242; L. Stack Collection (Sothebys, 22 April 1999), lot 703; Christie’s (28 February 1989), lot 211; Christie’s (28 February 1989), lot 211; Circa 1988/90 Sprowston, Norwich Hoard.

This and lot 104 are wonderful examples of the first series of English groats, and are notable in that both are nearly free of the extensive post-mint damage so commonly seen on the issue, and further significant in that they are two of only three recorded examples to trace back to a hoard. All were reportedly found in the same field in Sprowston, Norwich, between circa 1988 and 1990. The series clearly saw only limited and brief circulation, with so many examples once used as ornaments, making the these coins important relics of English numismatic history.

Closing Date and Time: 20 May 2026 at 10:33:40 ET.



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