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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 461

Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Pre-Treaty Period, Series C, Noble, 1352-1353, Tower, E|DWARD . DEI . GRA . REX . ANGL . Z. FRANC' . D . HYB, annulet stops, YB ligate, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, four lis in first quarter, ropes 3/4, ornaments 1-1-1-1, quatrefoils 5/5, rev. IHES .' AVTEM ' TRANCIENS . PER . MEDIV . ILLORV . IBAT, reversed N, annulet stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, additional lys above 'lion' in second quarter, 7.72g [119.2grns], 5h, m.m. cross [no. 1], (Rashleigh [1909], 658b and 659a; Watters [1917] 195; LAL dies I/15, 16 [Doubleday 38 same dies]; North 1144; Spink 1486), slightest of pitting to the King's arm, otherwise a most handsome strike, pleasing extremely fine

Provenance

E M Norweb, Part 1, Spink 45, 13 June 1985, lot 129 - £700 [with distinctive envelope and lotting card, no. 28484]

R C Lockett, English Part V, Glendining, 17 October 1961, lot 4250* - "very fine" - £50.0.0

Presumably:

C A Watters, Glendining, 21-25 May 1917, lot 195 - "very fine, and rare with IHES, From the Rashleigh Cabinet (lot 658)." - £4.15.0

E W Rashleigh, Sotheby's, 21 June - 1 July 1909, lot 658 [part] - "but with open E’s and C’s on both sides, and legend on reverse reading on the reverse + AVTEM x TRAnCienS PER MEDIV ILLORV IBAT, open E in centre of cross, wt. 115.7 grs., very fine, the second rare with IhES"


OR

E W Rashleigh, Sotheby's, 21 June - 1 July 1909, lot 659 [part] "as the preceding and legend as the first in the last lot; rev. + lhES, &c., as upon the second coin in the previous lot, but with closed E’s and C’s and with the Saxon form of M, wt. 119 grs...."

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Sold for
£5,500

Starting price
£2500