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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 132

(x) The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck Collection of Numismatic Portraits from Medieval Flanders and Tudor England | Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Fine Silver Issue, Sixpence, 1551-1553, Southwark, (m.m.) : EDWARD .' VI : D .' G .' AGL .' FRA .' Z : hIB .' REX • crowned bust facing, rose to left, VI to right, rev. POSVI | DEV .' A | DIVTOR | E .' MEV .' (m.m.), square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 3.06g [47.4grms], 10h, m.m. Y (North 1938; Spink 2483), a magnificent example with an exceptional portrait, deeply toned and beautifully full, entirely befitting of the great numismatic cabinets it has formerly graced, virtually as struck, very rare in this astonishing condition

Provenance
Slaney, Part I, Spink, 15 May 2003, lot 22 - £2,900
R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 1912 [part] - in beautiful state - £30.0.0
F G Hilton Price, Sotheby's, 17 May 1909, lot 122 - an exceptionally fine specimen - £2.12.0 [Baldwin for Lockett]
J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 31 March 1903, lot 521 [part] - extremely fine, from the Marsham and Richardson collections - £4.4.0
A B Richardson, Sotheby, 22 May 1895, lot 129 - £2.3.0 [Spink for Murdoch]
Hon. Robert Marsham, Sotheby, 19 November 1888, lot 416 - extremely fine and round, rare in this state - £7.0.0 [Richardson]


Possibly
Edward Wigan, collection dispersed by Rollin & Feuardent, 1872 - and from which Marsham acquired a significant parcel of his cabinet
Rev. J W Martin, Sotheby's, 23 May 1859, lot 178 - a brilliant specimen - £4.3.0 [Webster for Wigan]








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Sold for
£19,000

Starting price
£3000