Angel (1483-85)

Richard III (1483-85), gold Angel of six shillings and eight pence, Type 2b, St. Michael slaying Dragon right, Latin legend and beaded border surrounding on both sides, initial mark boars head 2 (1483-85) both sides, RIC struck over EDW saltire stops, RICARD'x DI'x GRA'x REX AnGL'x Z FRAnCx, rev. ship sailing right, quartered shield at centre, R and rose above with cross, R struck over a rose, PER CRVSEMx TVAx SALVA nOS XPC REDEMPT, 5.03g (Schneider 489; N.1676; S.2151). A weak very fine but with a good angel face, very rare.

Provenance:
Ex Richard Manley Foster, Sotheby's, 3rd of November 1903, Lot 66, illustrated on plate 1.
Ex Baldwin's Fixed Price List, Summer 2015, listed at £19,500.