Owner Comments:
PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Half Noble (27mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Fourth coinage, Pre-Treaty period, series C/A mule. Tower (London) mint; im: cross 3. Struck 1351-1352. Є DWAR · DЄI · GRA · RЄX · AИGL’· 7 · FRAnC · D · (annulet stops), Edward standing facing in ship with bowsprit, holding sword and shield; ornaments 1-1-1, ropes 3/3, quatrefoils 3/35, lis 4; annulet stops in legend / + DOmInЄ nЄ : In : FVRORE : TVO : ΛRGVΛS : (sic; double saltire stops), 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; lis above tail on lion in first quarter; double saltire stops in legend. Cf. Lawrence 4; Schneider 14 var. (rev. legend and placement of lis with additional lis in spandrel); North 1145; SCBC 1492. Attractively toned. In NGC encapsulation 2119526-002, graded AU 58. A very rare mule.
Ex Dr Baumhauer Collection; Clarendon (Part I, Bonhams, 28 March 2006), lot 336; G. V. Doubleday (Glendining, 7 June 1972), lot 29.
Sold last at Spink Auction 16021 Lot 899 Sept 26, 2016 Hammer $2,982