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Triton XXII 8-9 Jan 2019
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PLANTAGENET (ANGLO-GALLIC). Edward the Black Prince. As Prince of Aquitaine, 1362-1372. AV Hardi d'or (27mm, 4.01 g, 6h). La Rochelle mint. Struck circa 1368–1371/2. + ЄD' · PO · GnS · RЄGIS · ΛnGLI · PnS · ΛQITΛ (rosette stops), half-length figure of Edward facing, wearing rosette diadem, holding sword in left hand and pointing at it with his right, within tressure of arches / + ΛVXLLIVm · mЄVm · Λ · DOmInO · R (rosette stops within), cross quernée, with quatrefoil at center; leopards and lis alternating in angles; all within tressure of arches. AGC 181, 6/b; Elias 164; Elias Collection 251; Schneider 66; Duplessy, Féodales 1122; Poey d'Avant 3032 var. (rev. legend); SCBC 8128. In NGC encapsulation, 4833043-002, graded MS 62. Excellent portrait. Rare.
Humphrey Sutherland praised the restraint and foresight of the unknown master who designed this type, who "in age when sumptuous decoration of all redundant space was the normal fashion, was content - and dared - to leave the field totally devoid of ornament within its encircling tressure. By this means he concentrated upon this larger and more personal portrait, so lifelike in its almost voluptuous forms, an emphasis which the Italian artists themselves were only just beginning to estimate and enjoy." Art In Coinage, p. 154.
Humphrey Sutherland praised the restraint and foresight of the unknown master who designed this type, who "in age when sumptuous decoration of all redundant space was the normal fashion, was content - and dared - to leave the field totally devoid of ornament within its encircling tressure. By this means he concentrated upon this larger and more personal portrait, so lifelike in its almost voluptuous forms, an emphasis which the Italian artists themselves were only just beginning to estimate and enjoy." Art In Coinage, p. 154.