Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
November 1920
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/457
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EDWARD III, 1327-1377. 282 Gold. Third Coinage, 1346. Noble, obv. apwaR * D * GRA * RaX x ANGL Xs X FRANC X DNS X hyz, usual type of king standing in ship, which is ornamented on side with two lis, lion, two lis, ete. ; rev. +X tha x TRANSIANS x PAR * MADIVM % ILLORVM® IBAT x a tressure of eight arches, within which is a floriated cross with large € in centre; wt. 127.5 grs., very fine and very rare [Pl. 11] 1 283 <A similar Coin, though not from the same dies either side, yet having 4 for the initial 4 of a@DWARD; wt. 127.7 grs., equally fine and rare 1 284 Another, the mistake in €DWARD corrected, otherwise the legend and stops identical with the two previous coins, ornaments on ship’s side, lion, two lis, lion, two lis, ete. ; wt. 125.2 grs., rather coarser work, but equally fine and desirable 1 FourtH CornaGk, First PERIOD (BEFORE THE TREATY OF BRETIGNY), 1351-60. 285 Noble, of usual type, obverse legend ends hyse, on the reverse, AVTEM is added to the legend, Roman M and u throughout, open €’s and ©’s, no stops on obverse, aunulets between the words of reverse ; wt. 117.5 grs., fine and a rare variety 1 286 Noble, 1351-60, annulet stops on both sides, open € in centre, Lombardic © and reversed barred u’s, lis over head of lion in second quarter, a full well-struck coin ] 287 <A similar Coin, equally fine l 288 Two others, similar, sather weakly struck and one cracked 2 289 Noble, of same type, with reverse legend commencing thasv, finely struck and nicely toned, arare reading i 290 Noble, annulet stops on both sides, closed 4 in centre of reverse, English ’s, unbarred N’s, ° at beginning of legend and HIB for Hyp, no privy mark on reverse, very jine it 291 Noble, similar to last, with annulet at beginning of legend, which ends FRANG’ Dy lis in fourth quarter, fine, but bent; another, with
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