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ANGLO-GALLIC
Very Rare Edward III Gold Ecu D’Or from 1344
Edward III, as King of France and England (1327-60), gold Ecu D’Or a la Chaise. Issued from 1344,
seated figure of King on Gothic throne facing holding sword, within tressure of nine arcs with trefoils
in spandrels, trefoils on cusps, beaded circle and legends surrounding, pellet and quatrefoil stops, +ED-
WARDVS: DEI*GRA* AGL’: FranCIE: REX, Rev. pierced quatrefoil at center of cross with pierced
quatrefoil terminals, each terminal with three pierced stalked trefoils, within beaded and line quatrefoil
tressure, with leaf trefoils on cusps, pierced trefoils in spandrels, beaded circle and legends surrounding,
+XP*C: VinCIT: XPC: REGNAT: XPC: IMPERAT, weight 4.42g (Schneider 3; Beresford-Jones 13/17;
Elias 33; Fr 2; Duplessy 236; AGC 38A dies 2/a; S. 8035). A nice full coin, a trifle weak in parts, in PCGS
holder graded MS 62, Pop 1; the only example graded at PCGS. The only other slabbed example is an
NGC AU 58.
very rare
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$13,500
PCGS certification 34312614. In March 1344 King Edward III wrote a letter to the Seneschal and the Consta-
ble giving information about the first gold coinage in England and suggested that the production of gold coins for
the Duchy might be advantageous. Gold Ecus D’Or were then produced up until about 1352 though the only surviv-
ing report of the coinage is one from the Constable Walter de Weston for period 31st March to 15th September of 1348.