From the Lockett, Dawnay, Rostron and Bergne Collections
Over 140 Years of Published Pedigrees

973773.

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ANGLO-GALLIC. Edward the Black Prince. As Prince of Aquitaine, 1362-1372. AV Pavillon d’or – Noble guyennois (32mm, 5.42 g, 12h). First issue. Bordeaux mint. ЄD’ : PO : GnS : RЄG ΛnGL : PnCPS : ΛQ (double quatrefoil stops), Edward standing facing within ornate Gothic portico, holding sword; two leopards couchant at feet, four ostrich quills around / + Dn’S L ΛIVTO : Z : PTЄCTO : MЄ : Z : IIPO : SPΛVI : COR : mЄVm : B :, arched cross fleurée, with bars ending in acorns and oak leaves, cinquefoil at center, and leopards and lis alternating in angles; all within arched and angled ornate octolobe, trilobes in spandrels. Beresford-Jones, Anglo-Gallic –/153 (unlisted obv. variety); Elias 149; Elias Collection 242 var. (obv. legend and rev. stops); Schneider 39 (same); Poey d'Avant 2932. Near EF, toned. Rare.

Ex R. C. Lockett Collection (Glendining, 28 February 1956), lot 20; L. P. Dawnay Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1 March 1922), lot 28; Simpson Rostron (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 16 May 1892), lot 60; J. B. Bergne Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20 May 1873), lot 394.