Edward III (1327-77), Groats, Pre-Treaty Period, Tower, Series Gb-Gd (5), Series Gb/c mules (2), 4.32g, 9h, rev. additional saltire in first quarter (LAL 2/12; S.1570), pastille surfaces, otherwise a bold fine; another, 4.53g, 2h (LAL -/14; S.1570), some flatness, fair; also, Series Gb/Gf mule, 4.20g, 4h, rev. reads t.a.s, additional annulet in first and third quarters (LAL 7; N.1194/1198; S.1570), fine, some clipping; another, Series Gb/Gg mule, 4.36g, 11h, rev. reads t.a.s, additional anulet in first quarter (LAL 1; N.1194/1199; S.1570), clipped small, fair; lastly, Series Gd, 4.09g, 1h, rev. reads ta.s (LAL 2; N.1196; S.1570), rubbed, with a dent to flan, fair (5).
provenance
i) C Rochester, Spink 194, 27 March 2008, lot 495 (part)
P Finn, FPL 16, 1999, no. 181
ii) Purchased Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 24 June 2007
iii) Purchased Ely, Cambridgeshire, 13 July 2005
iv) Found Norfolk (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 25 August 2007)
v) Purchased Mill Hill, London, 9 September 2007
Estimate: £120 - £180