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Auction: 16021 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 3, Gold Coins
Lot: 949

Henry VI 1íst reign (1422-61), Calais, Noble, Rosette-Mascle issue, 6.95g, mm. -/lis, h/enric’• di’• gra’• rex• angl’• z• franc’• dn’s• hyb’•, rosette stops, king with sword and shield facing in ship, flag at stern, rev. ihc’• avt’• transiens• per medivm• illorv• ibat, pinecone stops, mascle over rosette after per, royal cross within tressure, lis in second quarter, h in panel at centre, trefoils in spandrels (N.1440; S.1818; Schneider 315 same dies; Stewartby II; Whitton 16a), small scuff in spandrel below ibat, a small scratch below ibat, struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise good very fine, very rare, the last gold issue from the Calais mint

provenance:
Sotheby, 28 July 1930, lot 49, late George Folliott
V J E Ryan, Glendining, 28 June 1950, lot 43
S&B 24 (May/June 1995), E109 (illustrated as E108)
I Ure, Rasmussen list 2 (Spring 2002), C89

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