Details

LOT 3311

English Medieval Coins - Edward IV - Coventry - Gold Ryal (Rose Noble) 1467-1468 AD

First reign, light coinage, Coventry mint. Obv: half figure of king in ship with sword and shield with rose on side of ship and 'C' in waves with +EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC DNS I B legend and no mintmark. Rev: rose over sun with crowned lions and fleurs within tressure with IHC AVT TRANSIENS PER MEDIVM ILLORVM I BAT legend with 'sun' mintmark; small X incised to field on both sides. Near extremely fine; lightly clipped to part of edge. Very rare.(7.75 grams.).

Provenance

Found Ashford, Kent, UK, 2016.

Published

See Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference KENT-C586E1 (this coin).

Literature

S. 1955; N. 1551; Fr. 132; SCBI 47, 421 (different dies).

Footnotes

The ryal was introduced being current at ten shillings; it seems likely that the small X's incised each side of this coin were intended as a reminder to the owner of the face value (the noble having been worth six shillings and eight pence); the noble was directly replaced at the same time by the angel at the same face value.