Edward III Gold Noble - B/A Mule
Edward III Gold Noble
Pre-treaty Period
Series B/A Mule
7.56g 33.5mm
Spink - 1485
North – 1139 Extremely Rare
Obverse:
EDWARD DEI [GR]A REX ANGL Z FRANC D HYB. King standing facing in a ship, sword in right hand, shield in left. Open E’s and roman N.
Reverse:
IHC T[R]ANCIENS PER MEDIVM ILLORVM IBT. Florated cross with lis terminals, lions between with crowns above, all within tressure of eight arches. Inverted and closed E in centre, double satire stops, legend omits AVTEM, no saltires by the lis terminals, extra lis over lion’s head in last quarter, lombardic N’s and M’s.
Creased, split and with edge nick otherwise good fine, extremely rare. Same obverse die a the single Schneider example (no. 9).
For the noble, series A is only known as a B/A mule such as this coin.
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