Great Britain, Plantagenet Kings. Edward III AR Groat. Fourth coinage, pre-treaty period, series E. London (Tower) mint, 1354-1355. ✠ EDWΛRD' ° D' ° G' ° RЄX ° ΛIIGL' ° 7 ° FRΛIIC' ° D ° ҺУB, crowned facing bust, with trefoil on breast; all within double polylobe with trefoils in spandrels / ✠ POSVI ° DЄVM ° ΛDIVTORЄM ° MЄV, in outer ring, CIVITΛS LOИDOИ in inner ring around trefoils of pellets in angles of long cross pattée. North 1163; SCBC 1567. 4.54g, 27mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; some minor flatness, otherwise well struck, and with a deep cabinet tone with iridescent highlights.
Ex Collection of Samuel Birchall of Leeds (1761-1814), Dix Noonan Webb Ltd., Auction 191, 4 May 2021, lot 32 (old collector's ticket included).