Edward III (1327-77). Gold Noble of six shillings and eight pence, Fourth Coinage (1351-77), Tower Mint London, Treaty Period (1361-69) King standing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield, beaded circle surrounding, annulet before legend, oED WArdxx Deixx GraxxRexxx AnGlxx DnSxx hYbxZx AQ T, Rev. E at centre of ornamental cross with lis terminals, crowns over lions in angles, all within a beaded and linear tressure, fleurs in spandrels, legend +IhCxx AVtemxx TranSienSxx Perxx mEDivxx ILLOrvmxx IBAT, weight 7.67g (cf.Schneider 87; cf. Doubleday 216; N.1232; S.1503; Fr.95). Has been graded and slabbed by NGC as UNC Details due to "saltwater damage" suggesting this coin may well have come from a sunken treasure under the sea; the coin is full weight, fully round with an excellent portrait, the surfaces have a nice red hue and it seems a shame the service has not seen fit to grade it; however to this cataloguers eye the coin has merely been struck from a rusty obverse die with the associated raised "rust" dots that manifest when a lightly rusted die is used to strike a coin on a damp day in Mediaeval England. Estimate Value $10,000 - UP
NGC certification 4862402-004.The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Edward by the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland and Aquitaine"; and on the reverse "But Jesus, passing through the midst of them, went His way" taken from the Bible. This coin was struck in the period of the Treaty of Bretigny ratified on the 24th October 1360, at which point Edward III relaxed his claim to the French throne, so that he no longer styled himself as King of France in the Latin titles upon the coinage. This all changed in 1369 when the captive King John II died and his son became King Charles V of France continuing the 100 years War.