Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Ben Paites, 2015-12-02 15:44:21
Title
Gold quarter noble of Edward III (AD1327-1377).
Description
English: Gold quarter noble of Edward III (AD1327-1377), dating AD 1361-63. Obverse of the coin is a shield in a tressure with eight cusps ending in annulets, there is a beaded border both within and without the tressure. Obverse legend reads EDWAR DEI GRAC REX ANGL. Reverse is a foliate cross with Lis terminals and lions passant in the voids. The center of the cross is a small cross potent with a pellet in center and annulets in each of the voids. Reverse legend reads EXCALIBATUR IN GLORIA. Treaty Period coinage, North No. 1224.
Diameter: 20.27mm Weight 1.9g
Reference: North, J. J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage Vol 2. London: Spink.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) East Sussex
Date
between 1361 and 1363
date QS:P571,+1361-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1361-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1363-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 754568 Old ref: ESS-85E6A7 Filename: ESS85E6A7EdIIIquarternoble.jpg
Credit line
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