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Auction: 20004 - British Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction - conducted behind CLOSED DOORS
Lot: 30

Edward III (1327-77), Groat, Pre-Treaty Period, Tower, Series B/D mule, Tower, 4.40g, 3h, m.m. cross 1, annulet stops, reads d g, open es, wedge-tailed r, rev. reads povi, closed es, normal tailed r (LAL -/-; Doubleday 397 same dies; Potter, pl. X, 5; N.1142/52; S.1563/66), chipped and with edge splits, otherwise fine or marginally better, and extremely rare

Purchased Bristol, 31 March 2009


First recorded by Potter, who acquired his example from the Raymond Carlyon-Britton cabinet. This coin subsequently sold at the Doubleday dispersal at Glendining in June 1972, wherein described as: "the only recorded specimen" (lot 397 - £60). A second example was recorded, from a different reverse die (note: reading posvi at another London saleroom in March 2003 (DNW, 19 March 2003, lot 555). This example, presumed to be a recent discovery when acquired by the present vendor back in March 2009, is therefore the third recorded example, and second known with the Potter die pairing.

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Sold for
£130

Starting price
£50