285, Lot: 501. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AR Halfgroat (20mm, 1.67 g, 8h). Pre-Treaty period, fourth coinage, series B. London mint; im: cross 1. Struck 1351. Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches / Long cross pattée, with trefoil in each quarter. MHG 5/4; Lawrence 10; North 1143; SCBC 1573. Near VF, toned. Rare.

Purchased from Seaby, 1952, for £6.