Edward IV Half-Ryal, light coinage (1464-70), York Mint
Edward IV, first reign (1461-70), gold Half-Ryal of five shillings, light coinage (1464-1470), York Mint, armoured King standing facing in ship, holding sword and quartered shield, flag with letter E at stern, rose on hull of ship, E in waves below for Eboracum, Latin name of York, trefoil stops in Latin legend, E DWARD.: DI.: GRA.: REX'.: AnGL'.: .:FRAnC, rev. rose over a radiate sun over ornate cross with lis terminals, crowned lions in angles, beaded and linear tressure of eight arcs surrounding, small trefoils in spandrels, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding, initial mark lis, + DomInE nE.: FVRORE AVO' ARGVA'.: mE, InE struck over mEI, note "In" absent from legend, weight 3.81g (Schneider 425/-; N.1558; S.1963). Well struck on obverse with a clear mint mark in waves, reverse a little blundered with overstriking in legend and "In" word absent, toned, good very fine and rare.
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Edward IV, first reign (1461-70), gold Half-Ryal of five shillings, light coinage (1464-1470), York Mint, armoured King standing facing in ship, holding sword and quartered shield, flag with letter E at stern, rose on hull of ship, E in waves below for Eboracum, Latin name of York, trefoil stops in Latin legend, E DWARD.: DI.: GRA.: REX'.: AnGL'.: .:FRAnC, rev. rose over a radiate sun over ornate cross with lis terminals, crowned lions in angles, beaded and linear tressure of eight arcs surrounding, small trefoils in spandrels, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding, initial mark lis, + DomInE nE.: FVRORE AVO' ARGVA'.: mE, InE struck over mEI, note "In" absent from legend, weight 3.81g (Schneider 425/-; N.1558; S.1963). Well struck on obverse with a clear mint mark in waves, reverse a little blundered with overstriking in legend and "In" word absent, toned, good very fine and rare.
