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Auction: 22096 - The "St Albans" Collection of English Gold Coins
Lot: 6

The St. Albans Collection of English Gold Coins | NGC AU Details | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Type IIb, Sovereign of 20-Shillings, 1544-1547, Southwark, (m.m.) >hEnRIC : 8 : DI .' GRA .' AGL ' FRAnCIE : Z : hIBERn .' REX, trefoil stops, King enthroned, holding orb and sceptre, rose below, rev. IhS '. AVTEM : TRAnSIEnS : PER MEDIVM : ILLOR '. IBAT ', trefoil stops, crowned square topped shield with Royal supporters, HR below, 11.84g [182.5grns], 8h, m.m. S (Schneider I, 611, same dies; North 1825; Spink 2291), a trace of smoothing below cypher and striking softness otherwise attractively toned at periphery about very fine, with NGC 'St Albans' Certification, harshly graded AU-Details Reverse Tooled ~ Rim Filing (#6295553-006)

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

"Magnus", Spink 212, 28-29 March 2012, lot 878 - toned, almost very fine - £13,000
Thomas William James David Dupree, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1989 [with his ticket] - £2,000


Interestingly the Numismatic Circular has a listing for a die-linked Southwark Sovereign at this time (cf. December 1990, no. 7542 - £3,750; July-August 1991, no. 4482 - £3,500; December 1992, no. 7403 - £2,950; June 1993, no. 3431 - £2,950). From the supplied plates, it is clearly not this coin, but presumably also formed part of the Dupree cabinet of which this marginally inferior specimen was originally offered at £2,250 and eventually sold for £2,000 based on the surviving Spink tickets.

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Sold for
£17,000

Starting price
£12000