Kingdom of EnglandEdward IIIGold noble1344–1377 CE
Edward III, Gold Noble, Kingdom of England
An authoritative numismatic examination of the gold noble introduced under King Edward III in 1344, tracing its economic context, weight reductions across the Second, Third, and Fourth Coinages, iconographic motifs of royal naval authority, epigraphic formulae reflecting the Hundred Years' War, and apotropaic biblical inscriptions.