Noble of Richard II

This hammered gold coin was unearthed recently by Craig Habbershaw. It had been identified as a noble of Richard II and Craig wanted some idea of its possible value.

There is an annulet over the ship’s sail on the obverse and a letter R in the centre of the reverse. This noble is an example of class Ib, it was struck at London and is listed as number 1302 in volume I of English Hammered Coinage.  In the Standard Catalogue it is number 1654.

Valuation

The obverse looks as if it would grade good Fine, the reverse is about VF. A significant minus point is the fact that the flan is buckled and out-of-shape.

When it comes to commercial value, much depends on what the coin would look like after it was professionally straightened. The bends don’t look to be sharp so they might straighten out fairly easily. However, there is always the possibility that the flan could crack. Therefore, in its ‘as found’ condition a pre-sale auction estimate would be likely to be around £3,000.

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