Obverse:

EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC D HYB. King standing facing in a ship, sword in right hand, shield in left, small annulet stops.

Reverse:

IHC AVTEM TRANCIENS P MEDIVM ILLORVM IBA. Florated cross with lis terminals, lions between with crowns above, all within tressure of eight arches, small saltire stops, small E in centre.

Inconspicuous perforation on the excess gold at 1 o’clock otherwise very fine or better with excellent provenance.

Ex R C Lockett Collection, Part V, 17 October 1961 - Lot 4258 - very fine - £42.0.0 (Illustrated)

East Raynham (Norfolk) Find, December 1910

The East Raynham Find consisted of 200 very fine, Edward III gold nobles, discovered in December 1910. Henry John Gayford, a land agent and sheep farmer, found the coins whilst constructing a drain in the village. George Cyril Brooke of the British Museum documented the find in the Numismatic Chronicle in 1911 and listed this coin as obverse dies 18/19 and reverse 24.

Brooke, G. C. “A FIND OF NOBLES OF EDWARD III AT EAST RAYNHAM, NORFOLK.” The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society 11 (1911): 291–330.