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Code: 11705
Gold Noble of King Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth Coinage (1351-1377), Pre-Treaty period (1351-1361), Series G, Cross 3 initial mark (1356-1361),
Obverse inscription: +EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC (Edward by the Grace of God, King of England and France)
Obverse description: King standing, facing in a ship. Crowned and wearing armour, holding sword in right and shield ins left quartered with arms of England and France.
Reverse inscription: +DOMINE IN FVRORE TVO ARGVAS ME (O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger)
Reverse description: Floriated cross with lis ends, lion passant guardant with crown above in each angle in a tressure of eight arches. Pellet at each side of the upper lis end of the cross, trefoil in cusp angles.
DENOMINATION: Half Noble
CULTURE: Medieval England
MONARCH: Edward III
DATE: 1327 - 1377 AD (this coin minted between 1356 - 1361 AD)
MATERIAL: Gold
SIZE: 26mm diameter
WEIGHT: 3.72 grams
ATTRIBUTION: Spink 1494
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a private collection, Dorset. United Kingdom