The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Noble, 1363-1369, Treaty B, Calais, ED | WARD : DEI : GRA : REX : ANGL : DNS : hYB S AQ | T, double saltire stops, King standing in ship, flag at stern, 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, C at centre, 7.69g [118.8grns], 3h, p.m. -/cross pattée (Lockett 3010 same dies; North 1236; Spink 1504), traces of doubling and die clashing under magnification, otherwise a remarkably fresh specimen consistently selected for wax illustration in past discerning cabinets, an irregular edge between 11 and 1 oclock, otherwise truly choice, a most pleasing extremely fine, rare in this exemplary state Provenance The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. A H Gilbert, Glendining, 13 March 1963, lot 5* - extremely fine - £100.0.0 [Spink for English] Captain Ronald D. Wills, Glendining, 6 December 1938, lot 3* - in mint state, rare - £4.12.6 [Walter(s)] *The Baldwin manuscript notes: Sold to BJ for £4.0.0 Augustus Thellusson, Sothebys, 19-20 October 1931, lot 3* [and Pl. I, no. 1] - extremely fine, rare - £3.5.0 [Baldwin] *The Seaby library copy notes: not quite EF, edge a little ragged
