Triton XXI, Lot: 1395. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Noble (35mm, 7.72 g, 2h). Fourth coinage, Treaty B period, Group b. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1361-1369. (annulet) ЄD WΛRD : DЄI : GRA : RЄX : ΛnGL: DnS : hУB · (retrograde Z) · AQ T (salitre and double saltire stops), Edward standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; ornaments -11-11, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 4/3, lis 4 / + IhC : ΛVTЄm : TRΛNSIЄNS : PЄR : mЄDIV : ILLORV : IBAT, voided short cross potent over cross fleurée; in each angle, crown over lion passant over voided trefoil; at center, Є within quadrilobe; all within polylobe, with trefoils in spandrels. Lawrence 1; Doubleday 217; Schneider –; North 1232; SCBC 1503. Good VF, toned. Well struck on a broad flan.
From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 437 (September 1954), no. G1315. Lot includes the Seaby paper flip, and ticket in the hand of Bert Seaby (Eaglen D22A).