GREAT BRITAIN. Groat (4 Pence), ND (1483-85). London Mint; im: Halved Sun & Rose #2. Richard III. NGC EF-45.3.00 gms. S-2158; N-1680. A charmingly toned and fairly well struck example of this brief king, who lost at the Battle of Bosworth Field to the man who would succeed him, Henry Tudor, becoming Henry VII. The Battle of Bosworth Field is traditionally viewed as the close of the middle ages on the British Isles.
