SF16 - Aquitaine, Edward II - (Count of Ponthieu 1290 - 1325, Duke of Aquitaine and King of England 1307-1327), Denier au léopard, 0.82g., 18mm, 4th type, +EDW REX:ANGLE around inner circle with a leopard passant left, MB below, rev., +DVX : AQITANIE around cross pattée, crown in 2nd angle (WF.24B 1/a; E.107a; P d’A 2818; Dup.1108; S.8028), rare (subtype R2), good very fine. $225Ex Steve Ford Collection.
The series of Billion deniers and oboles has been reattributed from Edward III to Edward II to on the basis of hoard evidence. See Withers & Ford pages 37 and 192 for the Sauternes Hoard and Marc Bompaire “Datation de deux monnaies d’Edouard III, duc d’Aquitaine grâce à deux trouvailles” for the Saint-Pierre des Cuisines de Toulouse Hoard.