Description
Edward III (1327-1377), Noble, Fourth coinage, treaty period, issued between 1361-69, Calais. Legend reads EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL DNS HYB Z AQT, voided quatrefoil before edward, saltires either side of z, king standing facing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield, ships rigging three ropes to the left and two to the right, flag at stern. Rev, legend reads, IHC AVTEM TRANSIENS PER MEDIV ILLORVM IBAT. Floriated cross with C in the centre, lis terminals, lions and crowns in angles all within a tressure of eight arcs, fleurs in spandrels, 6.70g (Schneider 102; N.1236; S.1504).
Short of flan otherwise about very fine and a scarcer type.
