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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1340

Edward III (1327-1377), Third Period, Noble, authorised 30 July 1346 - May 1351, Tower (London), ED | WAR' : D' : GRA : REX : AnGL : S FRAnC : DnS : hyB, 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, quatrefoils 4/4, bow-sprit behind foc'sul, ornaments 11-11-11-, leopards facing left, rev. :+: Ih'C : TRANSIEns : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORVM : IBAT, chevron-barred As, lombardic Ns and Ms, seriffed Roman Is, small lettering, double saltire stops, small E at centre of transitional floriate cross with detached "snail-like" calyces, recut fleur-de-lys and didelphic filaments without anthers, [Spink XRF: .999 Fine], 34.7 x 35.5mm., 8.275g [127.70grns], 4h, i.m. incurved cross (BM 2019 T450, no. 11 = PAS OXON-1AAA88, no. 627 this coin; Potter 1b, unlisted dies; Stewartby 1/2; Edmund, dies Ab-3/ba-2 [1 Known]; North 1110; Spink 1481), some peripheral striking softness and faint extraction marks, otherwise with handsome mint bloom across a broad, round planchet of full weight, a really good very fine / about extremely fine and equally rare, the reverse die previously unpublished

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Estimate
£6,000 to £10,000

Starting price
£6000