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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 176

The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Sovereign, 1551-1553, Tower, (m.m.) EDWARD ' : D '. G '. AGL ': FRA ': Z '. hIBER ' .' REX :• half-length figure of King right, holding orb and sceptre, rev. (m.m.) • IhS .' AVTEM . TRANSIE '. PERMEDI '. ILLORV .' IBAT • crowned square topped shield with supporters, ER in cartouche below, 11.29g [174.0grns], 5h, m.m. tun (Vaughan-Morgan 17 same obverse die; Glendining, 24-25 May 1972, lot 516 same dies; Stewartby III, 996 same dies; Baumhauer I, 569 same reverse die; Schneider I, 692; North 1927; Spink 2450), lightly cleaned with minor flaws behind shoulder, the usual die break at reverse three o'clock, otherwise on a neat round flan, residually lustrous, a bolder very fine, the central devices surprisingly uniform for type, a very rare die pairing with only five traced in commerce

Provenance
The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq.
Spink, by private treaty, 16 November 1962 - £225.0.0

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Sold for
£19,000

Starting price
£8000