York penny of Richard II

The hammered silver coin featured here is one from a batch of three found last weekend by Glyn Peak.

This is a penny, which was struck at York during the reign of Richard II. The quatrefoil in the centre pf the reverse identifies the coin as being struck for the profit of the Archbishop of York rather than King Richard.

Some of the dies for pennies of York were cut locally whilst others were made in London. On the obverse of this coin the legend ends with AnGLIE; the use of a Lombardic letter n in AnGLIE and the quality of the dies points towards the coin being an example of Stewartby type Ia (page 266 in English Coins 1180-1551). Therefore, it is struck from dies made in London and transported to York.

Valuation

This Richard II penny has been struck off centre and would grade only Fair. However, I’ve seen far worse specimens so Glyn’s find should still be worth around £30 to a collector wanting an example of this particular type.

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