383, Lot: 752. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Edward I. 1272-1307. Æ Jeton (18.5mm, 1.09 g). Class 10. London (Tower) mint. Struck early 1300-late 1310. Crowned facing bust; cinquefoils flanking; all within border of alternating pellets and cinquefoils / Long cross pattée; rosetets in quarters, cinquefoils in margins. Mitchiner, Jetons 96. VF, green patina, central hole as-made.

This series of latten jetons share crown punches with the New coinage of Edward I. They were produced at the Tower and there pierced at the center, to prevent their being silvered and passed as pennies.