Triton XXII, Lot: 1405. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Noble (34mm, 7.71 g, 10h). Fourth coinage, Pre-Treaty period, series G. Tower (London) mint; im: cross 3. Struck 1356-1361. x Є DWΛRD x DЄI x GRΛ x RЄX x ΛИGL x 7 x FRΛИC x DhУ B, Edward standing facing in ship with bowsprit, holding sword and shield; ornaments 1-11-11-1, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 3/3, lis 1-2-1 / + IhC x ΛVTЄm x TRΛIICIЄNS x P x mЄDIVm x ILLORVm IBAT x, voided short cross potent over cross fleurée; in each angle, crown over lion passant over trefoil; at center, Є within quadrilobe; all within polylobe, with trefoils in spandrels. Lawrence dies BC/17; Potter,
Gold 20; Doubleday 107 (
this coin); Schneider 45; North 1180/1181; SCBC 1490. Good VF, polished, traces of mount.
Ex Gemini I (11 January 2005), lot 564; Gordon V. Doubleday Collection (Glendining, 7 June 1972), lot 107.