The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Noble, 1363-1369, Treaty B, London, ED | WARD : DEI : GRA : REX : ANGL : DNS : hYB S AQ | T, double saltire stops, single before EDWARD, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 4/4, ornaments -11-11, rev. + IhC : AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIV : ILLORVM : IBAT, double saltire stops, ornate cross fleury, crowned leopards in angles, E at centre, 7.84g [121.2grns], 7h, p.m. -/cross pattée (Schneider I, 75-76; North 1231; Spink 1502), bright and lustrous, nevertheless a wondrous specimen, handsomely struck up across a broad and round flan, superficial friction in fields, otherwise extremely fine or very near so, surprisingly scarce in true mint state Provenance The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. Spink, by private treaty, 27 January 1965 - £185.0.0
