Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 559
(x) Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty Period, Series E/G Mule, Noble, 1356-1361, Tower (London), E • | DWARD •' DEI . GRA • REX AIIGL . Z . FRAnC D hYB, annulet stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 3/1, ornaments -11-11-, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. + IhC x AVTEM x TRAIICIEIIS : P x MEDIVM x ILLORVM x IBAT, saltire stops, unbarred Ns, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, small E at centre, additional lys in second quarter, and annulets flanking uppermost lys, 7.581g [117.02gns], 2h, m.m. cross 3 (Schneider I, 34; LAL E/Gb or c, dies AJ/88 (=13); Doubleday 85 same dies; North 1160/1180; S.1488/1490), bright and edges made round from previous mounting, otherwise residually lustrous, struck details better than fine, an excessively rare mule
Provenance
The "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins
Hoffmann Coins, by private treaty, 1978
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Sold for
£1,500
Starting price
£700