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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1345

Edward III (1327-1377), Third Period, Noble, authorised 30 July 1346 - May 1351, Tower (London), CD | WAR : D' : GR'A : 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 five-and-a-half 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, large lettering, double saltire stops, large E at centre of re-designed floriate cross with "nutcracker" terminals and open bi-lobed escutcheons, [Spink XRF: .999 Fine], 34.5 x 34.5mm., 8.241g [127.18grns], 10h, i.m. broken cross formée (BM 2019 T450, no. 5 = PAS OXON-1AAA88, no. 624 this coin; Potter 1b, no. 5 = Schneider I, 4 same dies; Stewartby 1/2; Edmund, dies Ab-4/ca-1; North 1110; Spink 1481), heavily buckled and lamentably scuffed during extraction across reverse, otherwise an arresting marvel of high Medieval craftsmanship, the strike of which is nevertheless as if 'fresh from the die', extremely rare thus

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Estimate
£2,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£2000