rose noble

English

Noun

rose noble (plural rose nobles)

1. (historical) An ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III.
   • 18, Walter Scott, Tales of a Grandfather; being Stories Taken from Scottish History. […] In Three Vols., volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: Printed; Dublin: John Cumming:

     He opened the discussion, by telling the council a parable of a rich merchant, who would needs go to play at dice with a common hazarder, or sharper, and stake a rose-noble of gold against a crooked halfpenny