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Auction: 21007 - British and World Coins Autumn Auction
Lot: 141

Edward IV, Second Reign (1471-1483), Angel, Type XXII, 1480-1483, Tower, EDWARD . DEI . GRA . REX ANGL . S FRANC . | ., St. Michael vanquishing the Dragon, rev. PER | CRVCEM TVA SALVA NOS XPE' REDEMPT, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing E and Rose, saltire, stops, 5.07g, 11h, m.m. heraldic cinquefoil (Webb-Ware B; Blunt & Whitton XXI, var. 2; Schneider I, 468; North 1626; Spink 2091), on a small flan with a tiny scuff on crucifix and between legs, otherwise an astonishing example of this inaugural series of High Medieval splendour, the strike wonderfully fresh and uniform, the feathers and planking in especially high relief, a pleasingly bold extremely fine, very seldom encountered in this condition and truly unprecedented with this exalted third-party grade, ranking this on par with the finest certified 'Una and the Lion', in NGC holder, graded MS66+ (Cert. #6134742-001) [Single Finest]

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