CNG 100, Lot: 1103. Estimate $7500. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-GALLIC. Edward the Black Prince. As Prince of Aquitaine, 1362-1372. AV Pavillon d’or – Noble guyenois (32mm, 4.88 g, 1h). Second issue. Uncertain mint. Struck circa 1364-1365/6. ЄD : PO : GnS : RЄG Λ nGL : PnPS : AQIT, Edward standing facing within ornate Gothic portico, holding sword; four feathers flanking; leopard at feet to left and right / + Dn(retrograde S) : ΛIVTO : Z : PTЄCTO : mЄ : Z : IIPO : (retrograde S)PΛIT : COR : mЄVm, arched cross quernée, with Є at center and leopards and lis alternating in angles; all within quatrefoil. Bereseford-Jones, Anglo-Gallic –; Elias 159; Elias Collection –; Schneider –; Duplessy, Féodales 1120; Poey d'Avant –. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare variety lacking mint initial.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Purchased from M. Louis Teller, January 1985.