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Auction: 16014 - The Dr Paul Broughton Collection of English Hammered Gold Coins
Lot: 436

(x) Mary (1553-1554), Sovereign, 15.32g, 1553, m.m. pomegranate, maria d g ang fra z hib regina mdliii, queen enthroned holding orb and sceptre, portcullis at feet, rev. a dno factv est istv z est mira in ocvl nris, square-topped shield in centre of Tudor rose, within double tressure, double annulet stops, single annulet after nris (Schneider 704 same obverse die; N.1956; S.2488), very slightly creased, a small scratch to right of shield, otherwise a sharply struck coin with excellent portrait, and original bright underlying luster, almost extremely fine, rare

provenance

Spink auction 63, 28 March 1988, lot 173

Spink auction 161, 14 November 2002, lot 118

Samuel King collection, Spink auction 173, 5 May 2005, lot 41


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£36,000