Splendid Edward III Guyennois d’or

515566.

Sold For $14500

PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Guyennois d’or (33mm, 3.81 g, 3h). La Rochelle mint. Third type, struck after 1362. ЄD D GRΛ RЄX Λ G ΓI Є DO’´ ΛQVIT Λ IЄ, Edward standing right, holding sword and shield, within Gothic arch; below, opposed leopards; R to upper right / + GLΛ In ЄXЄLCIS DЄO ЄT In TЄRRΛ PΛX (pellet-in-annulet) hOIBVS, cross fleurée and chênée with central quadrilobe; lis and leopard in alternating quarters; all within tressure of sixteen arches; pellet at end of each arc; double pellet-in-annulet stops. Beresford-Jones, Anglo-Gallic –; AGC 54A 2/d; Elias 48; Schneider –; SCBC 8045. Good VF. Even, round flan. Rare.

Ex Baldwin’s FPL (Summer 2012), no. GAL002.