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Auction: 22105 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 20 - The Wootton Collection of English Silver Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 2182

Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Fine Silver Issue, 'Horseman' Crown, 1552, 'Z type 2', Tower, (m.m.) : EDVVARD ': VI : D ': G ': AGL ': FRA ': Z : hIBER ': REX :, E over retrograde E, armoured boy King on horseback right, brandishing sword, rev. (m.m.) : POSVI : DEVM : A DIVTORE ': MEVM, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 30.25g, 8h, m.m. tun (Lingford B-12 [cf. lot 34]; Rodney-Smith 23-26 same dies; North 1933; Spink 2478), the fields tooled in antiquity and the edges hammered from past mounting, the fabric otherwise stable with the traditional 'ping', darkly retoned, a scratch through date and other minor pecking, otherwise struck details pleasingly, a bolder very fine thus

Provenance
M Trenerry, 17 October 1999 - £595


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Sold for
£2,200

Starting price
£850