CNG 91, Lot: 1499. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AR Groat (27mm, 4.42 g, 12h). Pre-treaty period, series Gb. London mint. Struck circa 1356-1361. + ЄDWΛRD’ D’ G’ RЄX ΛIIGL Z FRΛIIC DhУB, crowned facing bust in tressure of arches with fleurs on cusps; top arches without fleurs, unbarred Ns, annulet stops, i.m. cross 3 / + POSVI DЄVm ΛDIVTORЄm mЄV//CIVITAS LOIIDOII, long cross; three pellets in quarters, annulet in 2nd quarter, unbarred Ns, annulet stops. Lawrence 5*; North 1194b; SCBC 1570. Good VF, darkly toned, die flaw on S of CIVITAS (diagnostic for this die in Lawrence).

From the Tradewinds Collection. Ex Davisson’s 25 (1 February 2007), lot 106.