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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 130

(x) The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck Collection of Numismatic Portraits from Medieval Flanders and Tudor England | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, First Issue, Half-Sovereign, 24 January 1549 - 12 April 1549, Tower, (m.m.) EDWARD .' VI : D : G : AGL '. FRA '. Z : HIB : REX, crowned and garnished shield, dividing E-R, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM * FIDEI * PROTEGET * EVM *, bare cuirassed bust right, 5.47g [84.8grns], 3h, m.m. arrow (Schneider I, 670; North 1908; Spink 2435), superficial marks before face and the usual doubling and striking softness to Royal shield, otherwise traces of reddish tone, the portrait unusually uniform and bold for issue, almost very fine, the reverse considerably better

Provenance
SNC, September 2005, H2183 - £5,750
Robinson, SJA 1, 13 October 2004, lot 118
Bliss, Sotheby's, 22 March 2016, lot 269 - fine and rare - £1.12.0 [Robinson]

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£7,600

Starting price
£4500