EDWARD III HAMMERED GOLD HALF-NOBLE, TREATY PERIOD MS 61

Code: 10786

Edward III Gold Half-Noble of three shillings and four pence 
Fourth Coinage (1351-77), mint mark Cross potent (on reverse only)
Tower Mint London, Treaty Period (1361-69) 
Obverse: King standing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield, ships rigging three ropes to the left and two to the right, beaded circle surrounding, annulet at start of the Latin legend surrounding; ED WARDxx DEIxx Gxx REXxx AnGLxx Dxx hYB x Z x AQ T, 
Reverse: Lomabardic E at centre of ornamental floriated cross with lis terminals, crowns over lions in angles, all within a beaded and linear tressure, fleurs in spandrels, with Latin legend surrounding: +DOmInExx nExx Inxx FVRORExx TVOxx ARGVASxx mE
3.53 grams, 26 mm in diameter
S.1507, *Not present in The Schneider Collection.
Most attractively toned with a very good portrait and lustrous surfaces, rare this well preserved.
Has been graded and slabbed by NGC as MS 61
NGC Certification number: 6321639-001.