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Auction: 16014 - The Dr Paul Broughton Collection of English Hammered Gold Coins
Lot: 434

(x) Edward VI (1547-1553), third coinage, Sovereign of Twenty Shillings, 11.16g, m.m. y, edward vi d g agl fra z hib rex, crowned half-length figure of king right, holding orb and sword, rev. ihs avte tranci per mediv illor ibat, crowned shield with lion and griffin supporters, er below (cf. Schneider 690; N.1927; S.2450), creased, otherwise very fine, lightly toned, rare

provenance

Glendining, 6 June 1991, lot 841
Spink auction 181, 30 March 2006, lot 1028


There are two mint marks for the third coinage gold issued at the Tower, tun, and letter Y. The letter Y probably refers to the Under Teasurer Sir John Yorke (just as the ostrich head mark used at Southwark is regarded as a punning allusion to the treasurer Sir Edmund Peckham). Of the two marks, the letter Y is much rarer that the tun.

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£14,000