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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1343

Edward III (1327-1377), Third Period, Noble, authorised 30 July 1346 - May 1351, Tower (London), ED | WAR' : D' x GRA : REX : AnGL : S : FRAnC : DnS:hyB, "belt-buckle E", 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 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, large lettering, double saltire stops, large E inverted at centre of transitional floriate cross with detached "snail-like" calyces, recut fleur-de-lys and partially recut didelphic filaments without anthers, [6h to i.m.], [Spink XRF: .999 Fine], 34.3 x 33.8mm., 8.289g, 8h, i.m. broken cross formée (BM 2019 T450, no. 9 = PAS OXON-1AAA88, no. 625 this coin; Potter 1b, no. 3/- same obverse die; Stewartby 1/2; Edmund, dies Aa-5/bb-2; North 1110; Spink 1481), subtly crimped below portrait and both superficial and historic scuffs to fourth quarter of reverse, otherwise on a full round planchet with attractive mint bloom cloaking uniformly sharp devices, extremely fine and with an outstanding Royal profile, practically as issued, very rare, the reverse die previously unpublished

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Estimate
£8,000 to £12,000

Starting price
£8000