BRITISH COINS FROM THE COLLECTION FORMED BY MAJOR WILLIAM TAPP, MC
BRITISH COINS, Richard II (1377-1399), Noble, type 2a, London, mm. cross pattée on rev. only, without French title, saltire above sail, rev. r in centre, double saltire stops, 7.75g/8h (SCBI Schneider 150-1; N 1304; S 1655). Small obverse scuff mark, otherwise extremely fine, rare £4,000-5,000
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The accompanying ticket suggests that this coin is ex D. Mitchell Collection, Glendining Auction, 27 April 1949, lot 4, but the illustration in the Mitchell sale catalogue is of an inferior piece to the present specimen