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Auction: 14005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 563

Aquitaine, Edward III (1327-77), Gros au Léopard Passant, 1.87g, cross pattée dividing inner legend only, outer legend not struck up, ed rex ang lie, rev. tressure of arches containing leaves around, dvx[...]tanie, leopard passant left, line above and below (Elias 59), fair, extremely rare

Elias noted thre examples of this coin, all in bad condition. He noted also - see lot 569 for an example- that this type was imitated in Bergerac by Henry of Lancaser so is unlikely to have been struck later than 1351.

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