Description
Edward IV, (1461-70), first reign, Groat, light coinage (1464-70), type VII , Bristol mint, facing crowned bust, quatrefoils at neck, B on breast, mintmark crown both sides (1467), legend surrounds EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC. Rev, long cross fourchee, trefoil of pellets in angles, reads POSVI DEV A DIVTOR E MEVM, inner script VILLA BRISTOW, 2.81g (S.2004; N.1580, type VII).
Old tone, marginally ragged flan in the southern sphere of coin, legends legible both sides. Well detailed portrait with some flatness in the initial strike. Very fine.
Ex Michael Trennery [dealer] bought 1983
