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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1347

Edward III (1327-1377), Third Period, Noble, authorised 30 July 1346 - May 1351, Tower (London), CD | WAR' : D' : GRA : REX : AnGL : S : FRAnC : DnS : hyB [sic], small lettering with C for E in ED, 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, tall lettering, extremely so in ILLORVM IBAT, chevron-barred As, lombardic Ns and Ms, large lettering, double saltire stops, large E at centre of re-designed floriate cross with "nutcracker" terminals and splaying open bi-lobed escutcheons, [Spink XRF: .999 Fine], 34.8 x 35.3mm., 7.293g [112.55grns], 5h, i.m. broken cross formée (BM 2019 T450, no. 1 = PAS OXON-1AAA88, no. 618 this coin; Potter Type 1b, nos. 4-7/- same obverse die; Stewartby 1/2; Edmund, dies Ab-4/ca-9 [1 Known]; North 1110; Spink 1481), heavily clashed dies on a lightweight but as issued full round planchet, strictly fine to very fine, but a critical transitional striking aiding the TPQ of the Hambleden trove; the reverse die also previously unpublished

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Estimate
£2,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£2000