£3,325.00
‘Chain mail’ type. London. Certainly one of the finer examples available to commerce for this very rare issue.
Sold - Nov 22
Edward III (1327-1377), silver Groat, 1369-1377, London mint, fourth coinage, post-treaty period (1369-1377), ‘Chain mail’, m.m. Cross Pattée & 4 Pellets/Cross Pattée. Obv. Crowned bust facing within tressure, row of annulets along bust in imitation of chain mail, fleurs on all cusps, FRANC’ D HIB. Rev. Long forked cross to edge of coin, 3 pellets in each central quarter within inner beaded circle, saltire before CIVI and LON. 4.63g, die axis 11h (S.1639 (this coin); North 1284). A small mark to the bust and in second and fourth quarters of reverse, nonetheless a particularly well struck example with a deep tone, the bust pleasing and the annulets well defined, certainly one of the finer examples available to commerce for this very rare issue. Good very fine and very rare.
The Spink Coins of England plate coin.
Provenance
Ex. Spink Auction 15006, 22/09/2015, Lot 404
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| References | S.1639; North 1284 |
| Rarity | Very Rare |
