Second Known

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1837. Estimate $750. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-GALLIC. Edward the Black Prince. As Prince of Aquitaine, 1362-1372. AR Demi gros (24mm, 1.57 g, 7h). First issue. Tarbes mint. + : ЄD’ : PO : GnS : RЄG : ΛnGLI : PnCP : T (double pellet-in-annulet stops), half-length figure of Edward right, wearing floral wreath, holding sword over right shoulder and raising left hand in benediction, within tressure of arches / GLIΛ : In XCЄLCIS DЄO : Є In TRΛ : PΛ/ PRn CPS ΛQI TΛn, long cross pattée, trefoils in quarters. SCBC 8130; Elias 183; Duplessy, Féodales 1124; Elias Collection –; Boudeau 510; Poey d'Avant –. Good VF, toned, minor areas of weakness. Extremely rare – only the second known, with none known to Elias, the other in private hands.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.