The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Half-Noble, 1363-1369, Treaty B, London, ED | WARD : DEI : G : REX : ANGL : D : hIB x Z * AQT, double saltire stops, single before EDWARD, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 4/4, ornaments -11-11, rev. + DOMINE : NE : IN : FVRORE : TVO : ARGVAS : ME, floriate cross, crowned leopards in angles, E at centre, 3.86g [59.4grns], 2h, p.m. -/cross pattée (Schneider I, 79-80; North 1238; Spink 1506), traces of doubling in legends, otherwise conservation-bright surfaces on a broad round flan, almost extremely fine / good very fine, and rarely seen in this state of preservation Provenance The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. Hess-Leu 27 (Lucerne), 14-16 October 1964, lot 664 - CHF 1,075 [via Spink, 22 October 1964 - £103.1.8]
