149, Lot: 404. Estimate $75. Sold for $71. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AR Halfgroat (23mm, 2.00 g, 9h). Pre-treaty period, series F. London mint. Struck circa 1356 (issued only for a few months). Crowned facing bust in tressure of arches; i.m. crown / Long cross; trefoils in quarters, i.m. crown; no annulet after OREM; C, D and E are broken; the A of ADIVT is over another letter (a C?) . Lawrence 9 var. (annulet after OREM); North 1175; SCBC 1577. Fine, toned.

Ex. Doubleday (472); Spink Numismatic Circular. April, 2001.