Lot 1428

Description

Edward III, (1327-1277), silver half groat, fourth coinage, pre-treaty series F, London Mint, initial mark - crown, issued 1356, (2.14 g), obv. crowned facing bust within tressure of arches, lis on all cusps, +EDWARDVS REX ANGLI Z FRACI around begins at 12 o'clock, no initial cross, annulet stops, reverse barred Roman Ns, rev. long cross voided dividing +POSVI DEU ADIVTOREM / CIVITAS LONDON within two circles, trefoil of pellets within each angle, annulet stops, closed C and E and Gothic M, (S.1577, N.1175). Toned, full flan, good fine or better.

Ex S.J.Green Collection.
Previously Spink Auction 20004 Lot # 48 (24 March 2020). The Isla Dulcie collection Part II, purchased Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, 28 August 2004.