Sovereign Rarities

Auction 2  –  24 September 2019

Sovereign Rarities, Auction 2

British, World and Ancient Coins

Tu, 24.09.2019, from 11:00 AM CEST
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Description

Edward the Black Prince (1362-72), gold Leopard d'Or, (issued from 1362), crowned lion walking left, within tressure of eleven arcs, mullet in one spandrel, pierced quatrefoils in other spandrels and on cusps, beaded circles and legend surrounding, legend and beaded borders surrounding with double pierced quatrefoil stops, initial mark cross pattée, EDxx PmOxx GnSxx REGISxx ANGLIExx PnCEPSxx AQITAnIE, rev. six pellets in central compartment of floreated ornamental cross, lions over pierced quatrefoils in angles, all within cartouche, voided quatrefoils in spandrels, legend and beaded borders surrounding, +XP'Cxx VInCISxx XPCxx REGNATxx XPCxx IMPERAT, weight 3.51g (Elias 140; cf.Schneider 31; AGC 150 dies 1/a; S.8121). Some slight weakness to high points, a little undulating, good very fine and rare.

This seems to be the very first issue of gold coinage under Edward the Black Prince who became Prince of Aquitaine on 19th July 1362. Prince Edward’s father Edward III, had also issued Leopard d’Or in his penultimate issue of coinage just after the Treaty of Bretigny was signed on 24th October 1360. However, this seems a little at odds as Edward III had latterly issued gold Guyennois d’Or from November 1361, and it seems Edward the Black Prince’s second issue was also a Guyennois d’Or though accurate dating for the Black Prince coinage is not definitively known at this time. The Leopard is however, a short-lived and therefore rare issue as the more common Pavillon d’Or officially referred to as a Noble Guyennois type coin swiftly supplanted both these early gold coins by some time in 1362.

Provenance:
Ex Commander Gerhardt, Spink Auction 215, 4th December 2012, lot 133.

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Starting price 8'400 GBP
Estimate 12'000 GBP
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