EDWARD III, GOLD QUARTER NOBLE, TREATY PERIOD, MS 62

EDWARD III, GOLD QUARTER NOBLE, TREATY PERIOD, MS 62

Code: 11142

£3,950.00
 

Edward III, Gold Quarter-Noble of One Shilling and Eight Pence.
Fourth coinage, 1351-77, Treaty period, 1361-69.
Mintmark Cross Potent, Tower mint London.
Obverse: Quartered shield of arms in tressure of eight arcs, trefoils on cusps, with Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding: EDWARDxx DEIxx GRAxx REXxx AnGL'+
Reverse: Lis in central compartment of ornate cross with lis terminals, lion over trefoil in each angle, all within beaded and linear tressure of eight arcs, with Latin legend and beaded border surrounding: EXALTABITVRxx Inxx GLORIA +
1.86 grams, 20 mm  in diameter.
S.1510; Schneider 82.
A superb specimen, much as struck, on a very large full flan with crisp detail and a splendid lustrous tone.
Has been graded and slabbed by NGC as Mint State (MS) 62.
NGC Certification number: 2130737-010.