Auction Report

3 July 2019

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The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins formed by Marvin Lessen (Part 2)

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The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins formed by Marvin Lessen (Part 2) (3 July 2019)

Gross Total: £284,400 (£341,280 including buyers' premium)
Number of lots: 526
Sell-through rate: 100%
Exchange rate of the GB pound: US $1.25 and €1.11

Principal Lots
Lot no.
463. Richard I, Penny, class IIa, Lichfield, Johan, ex Adams (USA), £9,500 (£11,400)
292. Edward the Martyr, Penny, Stamford, Oio, ex Mossop, £8,000 (£9,600)
670. Henry IV/V, Light coinage, Groat, class A, ex Cuff, Rashleigh, Walters, Bruun, Lockett, Mangakis and Delmé-Radcliffe, £5,500 (£6,600)
650. Henry IV, Heavy coinage, Halfgroat, London, found near St Albans 1849, ex Rashleigh, Grantley, Harris and Greenhalgh, £5,000 (£6,000)
381. William II, Penny, Profile Right type, Worcester, Eastmær, ex Sir John Evans and Lockett, £4,600 (£5,520)
552. Edward I, Groat, £4,600 (£5,520)
430. Matilda, Penny, Cross Moline type, Cardiff, Bricmer, ex Coed-y-Wenallt hoard 1980, £4,200 (£5,040)
728. Henry VI, Annulet issue, Penny, York, ex Dupree, £3,600 (£4,320)
340. Harthacnut, Penny, Jewel Cross type, London, Godric, £3,400 (£4,080)
724. Henry VI, Annulet issue, Halfgroat, York, ex Reigate hoard 1990, £3,400 (£4,080)
807. Richard III, Groat, York, £3,400 (£4,080)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the printed catalogue descriptions:
402. The coin is of Leicester, the mint-signature LEI
483. A fourth coin of Lichfield, discovered in 2016 and published by Peter Spencer in
The Searcher, February 2017, p.48, is now in a private collection

Withdrawn Lots
The following lots were withdrawn before the auction:
None

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