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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1339

Edward III (1327-1377), Third Period, Noble, authorised 30 July 1346 - May 1351, Tower (London), ED | WAR : D' : GR'A : REX : AnGL : S : FRAnC : DnS:hyB, D formed of composite puncheons, y above the centre-line, small lettering, double saltire stops, King standing in ship, brandishing long sword and Royal shield set with semé of four fleurs in first quarter, ropes 3/2 with dexter line bisecting legend, quatrefoils 4/4, bow-sprit through foc'sul, ornaments 11-11-11-, leopards facing left, rev. :+: IhC : TRANSIEns : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORVM : IBAT, chevron-barred As, lombardic Ns and Ms, seriffed Roman Is, small lettering, double saltire stops, small E at centre at centre of early floriate cross with bicornuate filaments and broken anthers and interior "fidget-spinner" trefoils breaking on upper left lobe, with 'later' crowns, [Spink XRF: .999 Fine], 34.5 x 35.0mm., 8.290g [127.93grns], 6h, i.m. incurved cross (BM 2019 T450, no. 7 = PAS OXON-1AAA88, no. 626 this coin; Potter 1a, unlisted dies; Stewartby 1; Edmund, dies Aa-3/ab-1 [1 Known]; North 1110; Spink 1481), some minor extraction scuffs and 'rash' to peripheries, otherwise subtly crimped with attractive underlying mint lustre, a pleasingly bold very fine, from previously unpublished dies almost certainly cut by Second Period Mintmaster Percival du Porche, extremely rare thus

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Estimate
£5,000 to £8,000

Starting price
£5000