PLANTAGENET. Edward I. 1272-1307. AR Groat (29mm, 5.79 g, 7h). New coinage, variety f.2. London (Tower) mint. Struck circa 1279. Good VF.

Keystone 16 – The David C. Bianchi II Collection
Lot: 104.
Closing Date: May 20 2026 10:00 ET

British – Plantagenet, Silver

Estimate: $ 7 500

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PLANTAGENET. Edward I. 1272-1307. AR Groat (29mm, 5.79 g, 7h). New coinage, variety f.2. London (Tower) mint. Struck circa 1279. + ЄDVVARDVS : D’I : GRA’: RЄX : AnGL’ (triple pellet stops), crowned facing bust within double (plain and beaded) quadrilobe, cinquefoils flanking; flowers in spandrels / : DN’S hBIn’ Є DVX AQVT’/ LOn DOn IA C IVI (triple pellet stops), long cross fleurée; triple pellets in quarters. Allen, Groats 57 (dies f5/r34; this coin illustrated); SCBI 39 (North), 15; North 1003; SCBC 1379F. Toned, tiny edge mark, minor flan flaws. Good VF. Exceptional condition for type, and nearly free of the gilding or traces of mounting so often encountered.

From the David C. Bianchi II Collection. Ex Richard A. Jourdan Collection (Triton XXIII, 14 January 2020), 1245, purchased from Charles H. Wolfe, III, 2002; Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 2545; Spink Numismatic Circular XCIX.1 (February 1991), no. 166; Circa 1988/90 Sprowston, Norwich Hoard.

This and lot 102 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 10:34:20 ET.



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