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Leopard d'Or - Edward III
| Issuer | Aquitaine, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1355-1362 |
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| Currency | Livre |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ EDWARDVS : DEI : GRA : AՈGLIE : FRAՈCIE : REX (Translation: Edward, by the grace of God King of England and France.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Edward III struck these for Aquitaine following the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, which handed him full sovereignty over the duchy — no longer held as a French fief, but as an outright possession. The timing matters: this was the high-water mark of English territorial ambition in France, and the coinage was part of a deliberate assertion of independent lordship over the region.
The Black Prince administered Aquitaine from 1355 onward, and the political administration behind these coins was largely his.