Watch List notes:

YORK. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AV Ryal – Rose Noble (35mm, 1h). Second (Light) coinage, type VIII(A). London mint; im: crown. Struck 1466-1467. Є DWΛRD' · DI · GRΛ' · RЄX · ΛnGL' · Z · FRΛnC' · · DnS' · I · B' · (trefoil stops), Edward standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; Є on banner at stern, rose on hull / (crown) IҺC' · ΛVT' · TRΛnSIЄS · PЄR · mЄDIVm · ILLORVm : IBΛT (single and double trefoil stops), radiant sun, with rose in center, over floreate cross with lis at ends; in each quarter, crown above lion passant left; all within tressure of eight arches, with trefoils in spandrels. Blunt & Whitton type VIII(A), var. 3; Schneider –; North 1549; SCBC 1950. In NGC encapsulation, graded AU 58.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Heritage 3048 (11 August 2016), lot 32292.