edge inscription JUST TRIUMPH AND PROUD SORROW
lot 50 (this obverse die))
draped and cuirassed bust
a pleasing very fine and an example of the earliest coin struck from the Vigo treasure
Crowned head right in 22 carat yellow gold
Edward III Noble, Calais, type b, flag at stern, MS63 edge inscription JUST TRIUMPH ANDEdward III (1327 77), gold Noble, Calais Mint, Treaty Period (1361 69), group b with nothing before E of legend, King standing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield, English flag at stern of ship, beaded circle surrounding, ED WARDxx DEIxx GRAxxREXxx AnGLxx DnSxx hYBxZx AQ T', rev. C 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