CNG 87, Lot: 2091. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Half Noble (26mm, 3.73 g, 11h). Treaty period, group a. London mint; mm: cross potent. Struck 1361-1369. ЄD WΛRD DЄI G RЄX ΛnGL D 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; saltire before ЄD WΛRD; legend ends ΛQ T / + DOmInЄ nЄ In FVRORЄ TVO ΛRGVΛS mЄ, ornate cross with lis at ends and small Є in center; crowned lions passant in quarters; fleurs in spandrils. Lawrence 1; cf. Schneider 79-80; North 1238; SCBC 1506. Near VF.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.