Watch List notes:

PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AR Groat (27mm, 4.28 g, 12h). Fourth coinage, Pre-treaty period, series E. London (Tower) mint; im: cross pattée (cross 2). Struck 1354-1355. + EDWΛRD ° D ° G ° RЄX ° ΛIIGL' ° 7 ° FRΛIIC ° D ҺУB, crowned facing bust, with trefoil on breast; all within double polylobe / POSVI ° DЄVm ° Λ DIVTOR Єm ° mЄV/ CIVI TS ΛLOII DOII (last V broken), long cross pattée, with trefoil in each quarter. Lawrence pt. II, E, 9; Stewartby p. 259, type E; North 1163; SCBC 1567. VF, attractively toned. Well struck.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 914703 (December 2011); Frank Brady Collection (Spink 209, 6 October 2011), lot 14.