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PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Noble (34mm, 2h). Fourth coinage, Post-Treaty period, Group III. Calais mint. Struck 1369-1377. (voided quatrefoil) ЄDW ΛRD' · DI · GRΛ · RЄX · ΛnL' · Z · FRAnC' · DnS · hIB' · Z · ΛQVIT (salitre stops), Edward standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; ornaments 1-1-1-1, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 4/4, lis 4; flag at stern / + IhC : ΛVTЄm : TRΛNSIЄNS : PЄR : mЄDIVm : ILLORVm : IBAT, voided short cross potent over cross fleurée, pellets flanking top and bottom lis; in each angle, crown over lion passant over voided trefoil; at center, Є and pellet within quadrilobe; all within polylobe, with trefoils in spandrels. Lawrence 1*; Doubleday –; Schneider –; North 1281; SCBC 1521. In NGC encapsulation, graded MS 67+.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Heritage 3044 (3 January 2016), lot 31223 (hammer $19,000).
An extraordinary grade for a hammerd coin, MS67+ is usually only reserved for modern milled coins in exceptional states of preservation. Not only is this the highest grade awarded to a Noble to date, but indeed to any hammered gold coin in the entire English series, by two grades!
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Heritage 3044 (3 January 2016), lot 31223 (hammer $19,000).
An extraordinary grade for a hammerd coin, MS67+ is usually only reserved for modern milled coins in exceptional states of preservation. Not only is this the highest grade awarded to a Noble to date, but indeed to any hammered gold coin in the entire English series, by two grades!