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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 451

Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Pre-Treaty Period, "Kingless" Noble, 1356-1361, Series Ga, Tower (London), C | DWARD '• DEI • GRA • AIIGL '• 7 • FRAIIC • D • hY•B•E, [sic], C for E in EDWARD, REX omitted in error, single annulet stops, closed E, unbarred Roman Ns, scroll-tailed R, King standing in ship, brandishing long sword and Royal shield set with semé of five fleurs in first quarter, wearing Royal jupon over brigandine armour, rerebrace, couter and gauntlet visible on sword arm, chain mail draping below, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 3/4, bow-sprit through foc'sul, ornaments -11-11-, leopards facing left, rev. (i.m.) IhC • AVTEM • TRAIICIEIIS • P • MEDIVM • ILLORVM • IBAT, single annulet stops, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, with additional lys in second quarter, large closed E at centre, 7.67g [118.37grns], 7h, i.m. cross pattée (LAL, dies AU/3; Doubleday 93 same dies; Schneider I, 40 same obverse die; North 1179; S.1490), lightly toned and crisply struck with much residual lustre, a really wholesome and bold very fine, the die sinker's error remarkably clear

Provenance

Fortnum & Mason, by private treaty [with ticket]

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Estimate
£3,000 to £3,600

Starting price
£2800