Triton XX, Lot: 1565. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Quarter Noble (19.5mm, 1.85 g, 11h). Fourth coinage, Transitional Treaty period. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1361-1363. + ЄDWΛR’ · DЄI’ · GRΛ’ · RЄX · ΛnGL’ (saltire stops), coat-of-arms within tressure of arches; trefoils in spandrels / + ЄXΛLTΛBITVR · In · GLORIΛ (saltire stops), ornate cross with Є at center; lions and quatrefoils in quarters; all in tressure of arches. Lawrence l/18 var. (Roman N in rev. legend); Schneider –; North 1224; SCBC 1501. Near EF, underlying luster. Struck on a full round flan.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (14 April 1993), lot 895.

Very rare variety with Lawrence obverse l and an unlisted variation of reverse 18