E-auction 24-7140 - fre_305651 - ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - EDWARD IV demi-gros n.d. Londres

ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - EDWARD IV demi-gros n.d. Londres VF

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Estimate :	50 €
Price :	33 €
Maximum bid :	40 €
End of the sale :	30 September 2013 16:34:30
bidders :	8 bidders

Type : demi-gros

Date: (1464-1470)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Londres

Metal : silver

Diameter : 21,9 mm

Orientation dies : 8 h.

Weight : 2,19 g.

Coments on the condition:

Manque important de métal

Catalogue references :

Spink.2018

Obverse

Obverse legend : (COURONNE) EDWARDVS° D’° GRA° REX° ANGL’°Z° FRANC° D° HYB.

Obverse description : Buste couronné et drapé d'Édouard Ier de face dans un double nonalobe orné de trèfle.

Obverse translation : (Édouard, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d'Angleterre, seigneur d'Irlande).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CIVI-TAS - LON-DON ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : °+ POSVI - °DEVM° A-DIVT-OREM.

Reverse description : Croix coupant les légendes, accostée de trois besants posés en triangle dans chaque cantonnement ; un annelet au centre des trois besants du 2e canton.

Reverse translation : (Cité de Londres ; j'ai fait de Dieu mon sauveur).

Commentary

Trèfles à côté du cou.

Historical background

ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - EDWARD IV

(1461-1470 and 1471-1483)

Edward IV (1442-1483) was the son of Richard, Duke of York, and descended from Edward III. In 1461, he overthrew Henry VI who had to take refuge in France. He was driven out by the same Henry VI and Warwick in 1470. This was the start of the Wars of the Roses which lasted until 1485. Warwick and the Prince of Wales were killed at the Battle of Barnett in 1471. Henry VI is assassinated. Edward IV is restored. He died suddenly in 1483. His sons Edward V and Richard of York were assassinated at the Tower of London in 1483, by their uncle Richard III (1452-1485). Richard III was killed at Bosworth in 1485 by his competitor Henry Tudor (1457-1509) who married Elizabeth (1466-1503), daughter of Edward IV, and who became king under the name of Henry VII.