Edward III (1327-1377), Noble, Fourth coinage, pre-treaty pe...

Hammer

£2,100

Edward III (1327-1377), Noble, Fourth coinage, pre-treaty period, London, series G, issued between 1356-1361, sub series Gg/gd, mint mark cross 3, crowned king facing in ship holding upright sword and quartered shield, ships rigging three ropes to the left and one to the right, beaded circle surrounding legend reads EDW?RD DEI GR? REX ?NGL Z FRANC DHYB, single saltire stops both sides. Rev, small lombardic E in centre of a fl oriated cross with lis terminals, lions and crowns in angles all within a tressure of eight arcs, fleurs in spandrels, one annulet either side of the lis ending the top arm of the reverse cross, legend reads IHC AVTEM. TRANCIENS.P.MEDIVM.ILLORVM.IBAT, 7.70g (S.1490; N.1180; Schneider cf. 47). Fully centred strike on good metal, balanced in its detail with pleasing lustrous toning and underlying mint bloom. Slight knot of distortion in the Kings portrait either in the obverse die or from honest wear, legends in the main legible. About very fine, reverse comprehensive.