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Auction: 16021 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 3, Gold Coins
Lot: 997

Edward VI (1547-53), Half-Sovereign, Southwark, First period, 5.93g, mm. E (obv. over arrow), edward 6 d’ g’ ag’ fran’ z hib’ rex, lozenge stops, king enthroned facing, holding orb and sceptre, rev. his avtem transiens permedi illor iba, lozenge stops, crowned square topped shield with supporters, e below (N.1893; S.2430; Schneider 665; Stewartby p. 521), slightly double struck on obverse, otherwise an unusually fine example, well-centred on a full round flan, good very fine, very rare

provenance:
R Huth, Sotheby, 4-7 April 1927, lot 46
R C Lockett, Glendining, 4-6 November 1958, lot 3245
SNC June 2005, HS2117

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