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Auction: 21064 - The Horace Hird Collection of Tudor, Stuart and Commonwealth Coins and Patterns
Lot: 27

AU50 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, Half-Sovereign, 1549, Tower II, (m.m.) EDWARD • VI • D • G • AGL • FRA • Z HIB • REX •, youthful bare head and cuirassed bust right, rosette stops, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EVM •, crowned oval and elaborately garnished shield, dividing E-R, 5.37g [83.1grns], 8h, m.m. grapple (HCN 55; Potter 2(a); Clarke-Thornhill 65 = Lockett 1868 this coin; Schneider I, 681 same dies; North 1911; Spink 2438), brighter fields with superficial scratches, otherwise the central devices handsomely bold, good very fine, rare in this condition, in NGC 'Horace Hird' holder, graded AU50 (Cert. #6135299-027)

Provenance
A Lost Parcel from the Celebrated Horace Hird Collection
R C Lockett, Part II, 11-17 October 1956, lot 1868 [illus.] - very fine and very rare - £34.0.0
T B Clarke-Thornhill, Part I, 24-28 May 1937, lot 65 [illus.] - extremely fine and rare - £10.10.0 [Baldwin for Lockett]


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