ANGLO-GALLIC. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Guyennois (29mm, 3.86 g, 1h). Third type. La Rochelle mint. Struck after 1362. ЄD D GRΛ RЄX Λ G LI (inverted) DO AQVIT Λ IЄ, Edward standing right, holding sword and shield, within Gothic arch; below, opposed leopards; R to upper right / + GLIΛ : In : ЄXЄELCIS : DЄO : ЄT : In : TЄRRA : PΛX · hOIBVS (double and single pellet in annulet stops), cross fleurée and chênée with central quadrilobe; lis and leopard in alternating quarters; all within tressure of nineteen arches; pellet at end of each arc. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe, p. 147 ; Beresford-Jones, Anglo-Gallic –; AGC 21A, 2/g; Elias 48; Schneider 26 var. (number of arches); SCBC 8045. Struck on a full flan. Toned. Good VF.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 2105.

‘Under Edward III and his son Edward, the Black Prince, who was created Prince of Aquitaine in 1362, the [Anglo-Gallic] coinage became for a time one of the most splendid of medieval France. If the early gold coins, florins and ecus a la chaise, were no more than copies, the later ones are largely original in design: leopards, guiennois, pavillons and hardis, some of these (see lot 1261) showing the prince pointing to the sword he holds with exactly the same significant gesture as, on the royal d’or the king of France points to his sceptre.’ Grierson, p.147