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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1348

Edward III (1327-1377), Third Period, Noble, authorised 30 July 1346 - May 1351, Tower (London), ED | WAR : D' : GRA : REX : AnGL' x S : FRAnC : Dn-S : hyB, "belt-buckle E", large lettering, double saltire stops, King standing in ship, brandishing long sword and Royal shield set with semé of four fleurs in first quarter, wearing Royal jupon over brigandine armour, rerebrace, couter and gauntlet visible on sword arm, chain mail draping below, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 4/4, the stern-castle formed of a foc'sul puncheon in error, bow-sprit through foc'sul, ornaments -11-11-11, leopards facing left, rev. :+: Ih'C : TRANSIEns : PER : MEDIVM : ILLORVM : IBAT, A double-entered A in IBAT, chevron-barred As, long-seriffed Ls, 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], 36.0 x 36.3mm., 8.312g [128.27grns], 9h, i.m. repaired cross formée (BM 2019 T450, no. 4 = PAS OXON-1AAA88, no. 622 this coin; Potter 2a, unlisted dies; Stewartby 2; Edmund, dies B-1/ca-11 [1 Known]; North 1110; Spink 1481), subtly crimped to periphery otherwise on a spectacularly full and neat round enlarged planchet, a truly sublime and peerless specimen with sumptuously rich mint "bloom", practically choice FDC, from previously unpublished dies

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Estimate
£10,000 to £15,000

Starting price
£10000