Anglo Gallic

CNG 90, Lot: 2675. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-GALLIC. Edward the Black Prince. As Prince of Aquitaine, 1362-1372. AV Noble Guyennois – Pavillon d’or (31mm, 4.40 g, 1h). Third issue. Bordeaux mint. ЄD : PO : GnS : RЄGI ΛnGL’ : PnCS : ΛQI (double quatrefoil stops throughout), Edward standing facing within ornate Gothic portico, holding sword; leopard at feet to left and right / + DnS : ΛIVTO : Z : PTЄCIO : mЄ : Z : IIPO : SPΛVIT : COR : mЄVm : B, arched cross fleurée, with Є at center and leopards and lis alternating in angles; all within quatrefoil. Elias 154a; Schneider 55 (same obv. die). VF, some minor striking weakness. Attractive example of this ornate Gothic gold issue.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 2023.