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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 174

The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Gold Crown or 'Quarter-Sovereign', 1551-1553, Tower, (m.m.) : EDWARD '. VI .' D '. G '. AGL '. FRA '. Z : hIB '. REX, half-length figure of King right, holding orb and sceptre, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM . FIDEI '. PROTEGET .' EVM '.'. crowned square-topped shield dividing E-R, 2.81g [43.2grns], 8h, m.m. tun (Bruun 603 different dies [Southwark]; Ryan 254 same dies; Schneider I, 698; North 1929; Spink 2452), of bright appearance with rim marks at 2 and 8 o'clock suggestive of past mounting, nevertheless residually lustrous, and on a pleasingly neat round flan, almost very fine, very rare and seldom seen in commerce with only seven examples traced

Provenance
The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq.
Spink 40, 6-7 December 1984, lot 676 - about very fine and round, very rare

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Sold for
£25,000

Starting price
£2500