Description
Edward IV (1461-70), First reign, Flemish imitation Ryal or Rose-noble of ten shillings, king standing in ship holding upright sword with a shield bearing the quartered coat of arms, flag with lombardic ‘E’ to left, rose on ships hull, no mintmark, legend reads EDWΛRD DI GRΛ REX ΛNGL S FRAN DNS IB. Rev, crowned leopards in angles within tressure of eight arcs, rose on star in centre, small lis in spandrels, mintmark crown, reads IHC ΛVT TRΛNSIENS PER MEDIVM ILLORVM IBΛT, 7.52g (S.1952; Schneider 841).
Set out on a characteristically broad flan, even lustrous gold toning both sides; legends clear as are all the main details in the King, ship and the reverse star-rose motif. Very fine, the usual mild flan stress markings, synonymous with the imitative series.
This ‘Ryal’ is a Flemish contemporary imitation of an English Edward IV Ryal issued shortly afterwards (late fifteenth or sixteenth century) by the mint of the city of Gorinch. The obverse legends translate to Edward by the Grace of God king of England and France, lord of Ireland, the reverse translates to But Jesus, passing in the midst of them, went his way.
