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1393
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FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
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1393
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FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
See original version (French)
Estimate €20,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
Aquitaine, Edward IV, the Black Prince (1362–1372). Gold pavillon or Guyenne noble coin with a rose, 1st issue ND (1362–1372), R, La Rochelle.
Av. ED: PO: GIT: REG: A – NGL: PNP[S]: AQVI. The Prince standing facing forward, crowned with roses, holding a raised sword, flanked by four ostrich feathers, beneath a Gothic canopy, with two recumbent leopards on either side of his feet.
Reverse: + DN[S]: AIVTO: Z: PTECTO: ME: Z: IIPO: [S]PAIT: COR: MEVM (workshop):. A tasselled and leafy cross with a rose within a curvilinear heart-shaped lozenge, flanked by two lilies and two leopards, within a quatrefoil square flanked by shamrocks.
AGC.157A 3o - Dy.1120 - El.- - Fr.5; Gold - 5.33 g - 32.5 mm - 12 h
NGC MS 63 (8769659-006).
With the ‘S’ letters mirrored. Numerous combinations of inscriptions exist and are listed by Withers and Ford in their essential reference work. A specimen on a regular blank, with a high-quality strike and showing virtually no signs of circulation. A golden patina covers both sides. Superb, in mint condition.
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