Triton XXI, Lot: 1397. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Half Noble (27mm, 3.76 g, 7h). Fourth coinage, Treaty B period, Group b. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1361-1369. (annulet) ЄD WΛRD : DЄI : G : RЄX : ΛnGL : D : hУB · (retrograde Z) · ΛQIT’ (saltire and double saltire stops), Edward standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; ornaments -11-11, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 3/2, lis 4 / + DOmInЄ : nЄ : In : FVRORЄ : TVO : ΛRGVAS : mЄ (double saltire stops), 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 237–40; Schneider 88–9; North 1239; SCBC 1507. VF, toned.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection.