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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 175

The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Half-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.) IhS .' AVTEM '. TRANSIE '. PERMEDI '. ILLO '. IBAT, crowned square-topped shield dividing E-R, 5.64g [86.8grns], 4h, m.m. tun (Lockett 4364; Hird V, 28 same dies; Schneider I, 696 same obverse die; North 1928; Spink 2451), a handsome and neat round specimen, further accentuated by golden-orange tone in recesses and in breast-plate crinkum, a pleasing very fine / good very fine, seldom encountered so well-balanced

Provenance
The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq.
Corbitt & Hunter, 26 August 1964 - lot unspecified - £135.0.0

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Sold for
£17,000

Starting price
£4000