Auction: 16022 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 4, Coins of Edward III to Richard III
Lot: 1056
Edward III (1327-77), Halfpennies (4), London, second coinage (0.833 silver), XVe1, mm. cross 3, (i) 0.60g, edw[ ]vs rex aii*, trifoliate crown 1, rev. civi tas *[ ] doii, three pellets in each angle, (ii) 0.60g, ---aiig*, bifoliate crown 2, rev, civi tas *[ ] don, Lombardic ns, (iii) 0.63g, ---aii*, trifoliate crown 3 with recut central lis, rev, civi tas *loii doii, (iv), another, 0.65g, rev, *lon don (N.1100/1, 1100/2, 1100/3; S.1540; Stewartby p. 179; the first two SCBI 39/1040 & 1042 these coins), the first ovoid with a crack from 11 o’clock to the crown, about fine to very fine, the first two very rare (4)
provenance:
(i) J J North, from Spink October 1973
Bt October 1998
(ii) J J North, bt August 1955
(iii) Bt September 1956
(iv) Bt E J Harris, November 2005
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