Definition

• An Anglo-Gallic gold coin, first issued by Edward III, and which is supposed to have received its name from the territory in which it was struck. These coins have on the obverse the King walking through a Gothic portico and at his feet two recumbent lions. The reverse has the motto Gloria in Excelsis, etc.

  A silver and billon coinage of similar type has received the same name.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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