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FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
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1394
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FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
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Estimate €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
Aquitaine, Edward IV, the Black Prince (1362–1372). Gold pavillon or Guyenne noble in the east, 2nd issue ND (1366–1372), B, Bordeaux.
Obverse: *ED: PO: GNS: REG – ANGL: PNPS: AQ*. 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 + DNS: AIVTO: Z: PTECTO: ME: Z: IIPO: SPAVIT: COR: MEVM: (workshop):. A cross with tassels and leaves, featuring an ‘E’ within a curvilinear lozenge at the centre, flanked by two lilies and two leopards, within a four-lobed square bordered by shamrocks.
AGC.161A (2a) - Dy.1120A - El.154b - Fr.5; Gold - 4.50 g - 30 mm - 8 h
This is the second-highest grade!
PCGS AU58 (56278512).
The strike is only slightly off-centre with a minimal weakness on the left. This specimen has seen little circulation and retains much of its original lustre beneath a light golden patina. Superb.
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