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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 169

The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Light Coinage, Rose Noble or 'Ryal', 1467-1470, Type VIII, York, ED | WARD * DI * GRA * REX * ANGL * S * FRANC * | * DNS' IB, trefoil stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and shield, E in standard, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 3/3, ornaments 1- | -1, E 'buried' in waves below, rev. (m.m.) IhC * AVT * TRANSIENS * PERMEDIVM : ILLORVM : I : BAT : * : [sic], trefoil stops, ornate cross fleury, crowned leopards in angles, rose atop sun at centre, 7.73g [119.2grns], 3h, p.m. sun and lys (cf. Montagu II, 576; Lockett 4019; Schneider III, 423A; North 1553; Spink 1957), a splendacious coin, beautifully uniform and handsomely accentuated with reddish-orange tone in recesses, extremely fine, and conceivably the finest known for issue with an exalted provenance, one die duplicate traced in the British Museum and formerly in the collection of King George III

Provenance
The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq.
"De Vere", collection dispersed by Baldwin, 5 March 1975 - £1,200
Dr Ernest Christison Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950
Charles A Watters, Glendining, 21-25 May 1917, lot 252* - From the Alchorne and Rashleigh cabinets (lot 727), extremely fine, circular and well struck, very rare thus - £8.10.0 [Weight]
Evelyn Rashleigh, Sotheby's, 21 June 1909, lot 727* - an extremely fine, round and well-spread coin, very rare thus - £10.0.0 [Watters]
Jonathan Rashleigh (1820-1905), collection continued for a short time by his son after his death
Henry Bingley, Assay Master of the Royal Mint (1836-1851), 'The Estate of Stanesby Alchorne', Sotheby's, 11 May 1848, lot 34 [recté] - finely preserved - £1.7.0 [J Rashleigh]
~ thence to his son ~
Robert Bingley, Assay Master of the Royal Mint (1798-1836)
~ thence to his successor ~
Stanesby Alchorne, Assay Master of the Royal Mint (1764-1798, died 1800)


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Sold for
£22,000

Starting price
£2500