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Auction: 22096 - The "St Albans" Collection of English Gold Coins
Lot: 1

The St. Albans Collection of English Gold Coins | NGC UNC Details | Edward III (1327-1377), Treaty Period, Group A, Quarter-Noble, London, + EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL, 'curule' X, shield in tressure, trefoils on cusps, rev. + EXALTABITVR IN GLORIA, floriate cross, lis in centre, leopards and trefoils in angles, double saltire stops on both sides, 1.87g, 11h, m.m. cross potent (LAL 6/6; Schneider I, - [cf. 83-84], N.B. both with 'Treaty' X on obv., as nos. 90-91; North 1243; Spink 1510), a scrape along reverse edge at 6 o'clock, otherwise handsomely uniform and well-struck on a full flan, a pleasingly good very fine, with an interesting pedigree, with NGC 'St Albans' Certification, harshly graded UNC Details ~ "Rim Filing" (#6295553-001)

Provenance
'A Distinguished Collection', purchased en bloc via Spink, August 2018

M Roberts, by private treaty - £995

J Mann, by private treaty [with his distinctive ticket] - lustrous and with guide marks visible"

'The Winter Springs (Florida) Collection', whereupon formerly graded MS62 by the local "National Numismatic Certification" [Cert. #2088743]

Spink 203, 24 June 2010, lot 45 - "full round flan, pleasing, extremely fine" - £750

Simon English Esq., Spink 172, 31 March 2005, lot 226 - lightly scraped on edge at 4 o’clock, good very fine - £500
Corbitt & Hunter, 3 August 1962, lot unspecified - £20

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£800