Description
Richard III (1483-85), Halfgroat, London mint, type 3, crowned facing bust with round chin, within tressure of nine arcs with trefoils on cusps, initial mark sun and rose 2 obverse only, rev long cross with double concentric inscriptions, trefoils in central angles, 1.47g (MHG dies 6/2vi, 21 (this coin); N 1682; S 2162). Very fine, attractively toned. The portrait better and well struck. Excessively rare with a fantastic provenance.
According to Greenhalgh, there are only 3 specimens known of these dies of a total of 23 recorded specimens of all types.
Ex Samuel Tyssen collection, Leigh and Sotheby, 6 December 1802, lot 213, sold for £3/4/- to Dimsdale
Ex Thomas Dimsdale collection, Sotheby, 6 July 1824, lot 482, sold for £13/5/- to Rev. Martin
Ex Rev J W Martin collection, Sotheby, 23 May 1859, lot 128, sold for £2/19/- to Capt Murchison
Ex Capt R M Murchison collection, Sotheby, 27 June 1864, lot 105, sold for £13/16/- to Addington
Ex Samuel Addington collection, purchased en bloc in 1883 by H Montagu
Ex Hyman Montagu collection, Sotheby, 7 May 1888, lot 159, sold for £15/10/- to Rostron
Ex Simpson Rostron collection, Sotheby, 16 May 1892, lot 99, sold for £11/15/- to dealer Webster
Ex John G Murdoch collection, Sotheby, 31 March 1903, lot 380, sold for £9/2/6 to dealer Ready
Ex Bernard M S Roth collection, Sotheby, 19-20 July 1917, lot 232, sold for £10/10 to dealer Spink
Ex J Shirley-Fox collection, died 1939, sold in a private transaction before this date
Ex George R Blake collection, sold through B A Seaby Bulletin, June 1956, item BL75 for £30
Ex Raymond Carlyon-Britton collection, portion sold to B A Seaby c.1958
Ex B A Seaby Bulletin, January 1959, item X161 for £42/10/-
Ex B A Seaby Bulletin, September 1961, item H427 for £62/10/-
Ex B A Seaby Bulletin, January 1963, item H1423 for £95.accompanied by ticket at this price
Ex Eric J Harris collection, sold to A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd in 1995
Ex Baldwins Auctions 69, 3 May 2011, lot 602 sold for £8,680inc. buyers premium.
Ex CNG Triton sale XXIII, 14 Jan 2020, Lot 1303 sold for $12,000 inc. buyers premium.
