CNG 87, Lot: 2090. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Noble (34mm, 7.67 g, 6h). Treaty period, group b. London mint; mm: cross potent. Struck 1361-1369. ЄD WΛRD DЄI GRA RЄX ΛnGL DnS hУB (retrograde Z) AQ T, king standing facing, holding sword and shield, in ship with bowsprit; ornaments -11-11, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 4/4, lis 4; double saltire stops; annulet before ЄD WΛRD; single saltire before and after Z / + IhC ΛVTЄm TRΛNSIЄNS PЄR mЄDIVm ILLORVm IBAT, ornate cross with lis at ends and small Є in center; crowned lions passant in quarters; fleurs in spandrils; double saltire stops. Lawrence 1; Schneider 86-7 var. (number of quatrefoils; North 1232; SCBC 1503. Near VF, once creased.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.