Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 563
(x) NGC MS62 | Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Noble, 1363-1369, Group A, Tower (London), x ED | WARD : DEI : GRA : REX : AnGL : DNS : hYB • Z • AQ | T, saltire stops, including before EDWARD, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 3/2, ornaments -11-11, quatrefoils 4/4, rev. + IhC : AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIV : ILLORVM : IBAT, unbarred As, double saltire stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, large E at centre, 7.665g [118.26grns], 4h, i.m. cross potent (LAL, Group A, no. 1; Lockett 1245 same dies; Doubleday -; Norweb 854 this coin; North 1231; S.1502), a most splendid striking with honey-golden tone overlying lustrous original fields, on a neat round flan, extremely fine, and seldom encountered so delightfully presentable, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8534369-004)
Provenance
The "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins
M Amstell, by private treaty with "Carrington", Autumn 1986
Emery May Norweb, Part III, Spink 56, 19 November 1986, lot 854 - £1,050 [Amstell]
Messrs Spink & Son, by private treaty, May 1960
https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8534369-004/62/
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Sold for
£8,500
Starting price
£4000