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Auction: 19051 - The Isladulcie Collection of English Hammered Gold Coins
Lot: 33

Edward III (1327-77), Half-Noble, Calais, Treaty B1, 3.43g [52.9gns], 5h, double saltire stops, saltire before edward, flag at stern, ropes 3/3, ornaments -11-11, quatrefoils 3/2 [?], rev. i.m. cross potent [5], c in centre (LAL, type A, no. 2; Doubleday 270, same dies; Potter, type a; cf. Stewartby III {B1}, 914; Schneider I, 95; N.1240; S.1508), flatter strike with traces of creasing, otherwise a bolder fine on a small flan, nevertheless very rare

provenance
Clarendon I, Bonhams, 28 March 2006, lot 349
Christie's, 28 May 1985, lot 4
Pulham Hoard, deposited c. 1430s


The Pulham find of 100 Medieval gold coins (with a total face value of £32.5.0) was discovered by Mr Simon Drake on his property at Grange Farm, Dorset between 22 May and 31 October 1983. Of the lots offered at Christie's, lots 2, 14, 54, 63, and 96 were retained by the finder.

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