France. Aquitaine. Duchy of Aquitaine. Edward the Black Prince, 1362-1372. Hardi. (Silver, 19.5 mm, 1.03 g). Unspecified workshop. ED: PO’: GIT.’ REG AnGL (Edward first son of King of England) Bust of the prince facing under a canopy occupying the legend at the top, holding a sword in his right hand (a ringlet in the guard) and raising his left hand. Rev. * PRI CPS rose AQT AnE (Prince of Aquitaine) Cross reaching to the coin legend, flanked on the 1st and 4th by a lily, on the 2nd and 3rd by a leopard. High relief coin on obverse and reverse. Very wide flan. Small weakness on the end of the obverse legend. Bd. 513. PA. -. E. 208. Elias 317. Extremely Fine. Ex CGF, 30th December 2000, lot 986. Several Hardi of the Black Prince are not referable to a particular workshop, because like our specimen they do not bear a letter or any other mark. Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376) was the eldest son of Edward III Plantagenet and Philippa of Hainaut. He took up arms for the first time at the Battle of Crecy in 1346, where he was greatly impressed by the chivalrous attitude of John the Blind, King of Bohemia, who preferred to die rather than suffer the shame of defeat. His heraldic arms will be ostrich feathers, which the King of Bohemia already wore. Edward the Black Prince was in Aquitaine in 1355 and began a campaign in Poitou the following year. He crushed the French at Poitiers and took King John the Good prisoner. The Treaty of Bretigny in May 1360 confirmed the independence of Aquitaine. Edward became its first prince in 1362. He arrived in Bordeaux in 1363. War with France resumed in 1369. After the first English defeats in Aquitaine, the Black Prince returned to England in 1371 and the following year renounced his principality. He died in 1376. His father Edward III died the following year. Richard II, son of the Black Prince, ascended the throne.