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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1334

King of Bohemia, John "the Blind", Count of Luxembourg (1310-1346), Sterlings (7), Luxembourg, + IOhES BOEMIE REX, crowned bust facing, rev. MONETA LVCEMBE, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.264g [19.51grns], 3h (Site Reference [B3]; Mayhew 264); another, + EIWAnES DNS Z REX B, crowned bust facing rev. LVC ENB GEN SIS, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.007g [15.54grns], 8h (Site Reference [L2.F4.7]; Mayhew 265); another, + EIWAnES DNS Z REX B, crowned bust facing, rev. LVC ENB GEN SIS, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 0.885g [13.66grns], 1h (Site Reference [L4.B5.7]; Mayhew 265); another, + EIWAnES DNS Z REX B, crowned bust facing, rev. LVC ENB GEN SIS, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 0.851g [13.13grns] + 0.281g [4.34grns], 2h (Site Reference [L2.E4]; Mayhew 265), broken in two parts, the other recorded as "Coin" 548 from Site Reference [L1.G5.4]; another, + EDW.... crowned bust facing, in the style of the Florin Coinage, rev. M[ONET]A MAR ENS, lombardic N, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 0.454g [7.01grns] (Site Reference [L3/5.FE]), of base fabric with much verdigris, a large fragment in two parts; also, Meraude, + IOHAES DEI GRA REX, crowned bust facing, rev. MONETA MERAVD, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.348g [20.8grns], 8h (Site Reference [RA 59]; Mayhew 276); lastly, Damvilliers, EWANES • REX • BOhNE, reverse-barred Ns, crowned bust facing, rev. DENVILERnSIS, reverse-barred Ns, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.169g [18.04grns], 8h (Site Reference [B1 (23)]; Mayhew 284), with spots of superficial verdigris, otherwise generally of good fabric, struck details fair to fine, but an interesting Mint assemblage of this prolific 'Crockard' counterfeiter (7)

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Estimate
£100 to £200

Starting price
£100