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Auction 123  23-24 May 2023
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Lot 957

Estimate: 2500 USD
Price realized: 3500 USD
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PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Half Noble (27mm, 3.81 g, 11h). Fourth coinage, Pre-Treaty period, series C/A mule. Tower (London) mint; im: cross 3. Struck 1351-1352. Edward standing facing in ship with bowsprit, holding sword and shield; ornaments 1-1-1, ropes 3/3, quatrefoils 3/3, lis 4 / Voided short cross potent over cross fleurée et lisée; in each quarter, crown over lion passant; at center, Є within angled quadrilobe, each angle ending in trilobe; all within polylobe; trefoils in spandrels; pellet below crown in fourth quarter. Lawrence 4 = BM 1935,0603.7 (same dies); Schneider 14 (same obv. die); North 1145; SCBC 1492. Toned, trace of black deposits, hairline edge crack. Good VF. Very rare.

Ex Dr. Baumhauer Collection.

Note the pellet below the crown in the 4th quarter of the reverse, yet another unusual feature of the mysterious class A series.
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