Triton XX, Lot: 1564. Estimate $4000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Noble (34mm, 7.72 g, 3h). Fourth coinage, Treaty period, Group b. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1363-1369. (annulet) · ЄD WΛRD’ : DЄI : GRΛ : RЄX : ΛnGL’ : DnS : hУB’· Z · ΛQ T’ (saltire and double saltire stops), half-length figure of Edward standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield decorated with coat-of-arms of England and France; ornaments -11-11, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 3/2, lis 4/4 / + IhC : ΛVTЄm : TRΛnSIЄnS : PЄR : mЄDIV : ILLORVm : IBAT (double saltire stops), ornate cross with lis at ends and large Є in center; crowned lions in quarters. Lawrence 3; Schneider 87 var. (quatrefoils 4/2); North 1232; SCBC 1503. Near EF, some light die rust.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Stack’s (1 May 1991), lot 19677.