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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1341

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, 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 and two crescents in first quarter, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 4/4, bow-sprit behind 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 of transitional floriate cross with detached "snail-like" calyces, recut fleur-de-lys and didelphic filaments without anthers, [Spink XRF: .999 Fine], 33.6 x 34.8mm., 8.270g [127.63grns], 10h, i.m. incurved cross (BM 2019 T450, no. 8 = PAS OXON-1AAA88, no. 621 this coin; Potter 1b, unlisted dies, cf. 1; Stewartby 1/2; Edmund, dies Ab-3/ba-3 [1 Known]; North 1110; Spink 1481), faintly creased through centre and struck with an aging obverse die resulting in occasional striking softness, with scarcely perceptible extraction scratches, otherwise with attractive mint lustre across a broad round flan, with a bold portrait, a most pleasingly wholesome very fine to extremely fine in parts, extremely rare and from previously unpublished dies

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Estimate
£4,000 to £6,000

Starting price
£4000