Aquitaine. Edward III (1325-1377) Gros Aquitanique au Lion au-Dessus ND VF25 NGC, Elias-51F (RR), W&F-58F 1/a (R4). 22mm. 1.08gm. A very rare emission, especially to find so well struck and centered on a nearly perfectly round flan. Despite a light scattering of striking weakness, virtually the entirety of the legends are legible and the design fully visible, an incredibly unusual feature for this coinage that is often recovered from metal detecting finds. Though light porosity is clear and likely the result of time spent in an acidic soil, the overall quality of the piece suggests it was only very lightly circulated before it was lost, perhaps not so far from how it had emerged from the mint.

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