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Auction: 1010 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 704

France, Anglo-Gallic, Aquitaine, Edward, the Black Prince (lord of Aquitaine, 1362-69) first issue, Pavillon d´or , 5.36g, no mint letter (possibly Limoges), Prince standing, facing, under a Gothic portico holding a sword, two leopards couchant gardant at his feet, two ostrich feathers curving to right on each side of him, rev. cross quernée, lis in first and fourth and leopards in second and third quarters, rosette in centre of reverse cross (Fr 5; Elias 153; Beresford-Jones 191/-), very fine, very rare Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 provenance Spink Auction 175, 28-29 September 2005, lot 569 E. R. D. Elias, Spink Auction 77, 21 June 1990, lot 246

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