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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1068

Edward III (1327-1377), Hammered Silver Coins (6), including: Groats, London (2), Pre-Treaty Period, Series G, 1356-1361, crowned bust facing, rev. CIVIT•A•S LONDON, additional pellets flanking A, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 4.10g, 5h (Spink 1570); another, Post-Treaty Period, 'Chainmail on Breast' variety, French and Aquitanian titles resumed, similar, 4.56g, 5h (LAL 3; W J W Potter, NumChron [1962], pp. 203-224, Pl. XIII, no. 2; Doubleday 622 this coin; North 1284; Spink 1639), scratches on face, otherwise historic cabinet tone, fine or marginally better, a very rare variety with the Chainmail on breast and combination of three Royal titles; also, Pre-Treaty Period, Series C, Halfgroat, London, similar, 1.96g, 3h (Spink 1575); additionally, Third Coinage, 'Florin', Pennies, London, 1344-1351 (2), 1.22g, 11h; similar, 1.12g, 7h (Spink 1543ff); lastly, Second Coinage, 'Star' Halfpenny, 1335-1343, London, 0.66g, 9h (Spink 1607), all richly cabinet toned, some with die clashing, fair to near very fine (6)

Provenance

The George Pickering Collection of English and Anglo-Gallic Silver Coins

ii) Spink, by private treaty [with ticket in hand of P Finn]

G V Doubleday, Glendining, 6-7 August 1972, lot 622 - "obverse scratched, almost very fine, extremely rare; ex Potter" - £75 [Spink] [with his cabinet ticket, 19.1359, stating: WJP 196]

W J W Potter, no. 196, collection purchased en bloc by Seaby, 1963

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Sold for
£580

Starting price
£260