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Edward III, Gold Noble, Kingdom of England, obverseOBV
Edward III, Gold Noble, Kingdom of England, reverseREV
Kingdom of England
Edward 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.