England (1354-55) groat

from Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72292

This specimen was lot 72292 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Groat, ND (1354-55). London Mint; mm: cross 2. Edward III. PCGS VF-25. Obverse: Crowned facing bust, with trefoil on breast; all within tressure of arches; Reverse: Long cross pattee; triple pellets in quarters. Deeply toned and lightly handled, with a solid portrait remaining."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-1567; N-1163.

Source:

• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• England (1352-53) groat, London mint
• (1352-53) noble, broken cross mintmark
• (1354-55) noble, cross mintmark
• (1356-61) groat
• Coins and currency dated 1354