Choice Edward III Noble
CNG 111, Lot: 1093. Estimate $7500.
Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Noble (35mm, 7.71 g, 1h). Fourth coinage, Treaty B period, Group b. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1361-1369. (annulet) Є DWΛRD DЄI GRΛ RЄX ΛnGL’ DnS hУB’ (retrograde Z) AQ T’, Edward standing facing in ship with bowsprit, holding sword and shield; ornaments –11–11, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 4/4, lis 1-2-1; double saltire stops / + IҺ’C ΛVTЄm TRAnSIЄnS PЄR mЄDIVm ILLORVm IBAT, voided short cross potent over cross fleurée; in each angle, crown over lion passant over trefoil; at center, Є within angled quadrilobe; all within polylobe, with trefoils in spandrels. Lawrence 2; Schneider –; North 1232; SCBC 1503. EF. Well struck on a full flan. Lovely fresh surfaces. Rare thus.
Ex Spink 211 (13 December 2011), lot 81.
