Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2003
(x) NGC VF30 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Fine Silver Issue, 'Horseman' Crown, 1553 over 2, 'Z type 2', Tower, : (m.m.) : EDVVARD '. VI : D ': G ': AGL ': FRA ': Z : hIBER ': REX :, E over backwards in in EDVVARD, armoured boy King on horseback right, brandishing sword, rev. (m.m.) : POSVI DEVM : A DIVTOR E ': MEVM, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 30.52g, 6h, m.m. tun (Lingford A-14; Rodney-Smith ED34 this coin; North 1933; Spink 2478), some minor rim furling, otherwise evenly toned with solid detail on caparison, good fine, the reverse pleasingly so, in NGC holder, graded VF30 (Cert. #2823465-001) [Single Finest Certified]
Provenance
Sovereign Rarities, by private treaty [SKU BM02460] - £4,750
Alan Barr, Part One, Rasmussen FPL, March 2004, no. 10
SNC, July-August 1986, no. 5022 - F-VF, rare - £350
Lord Rodney Smith of Marlow, second collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1983
https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2823465-001/30/
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Sold for
£2,600
Starting price
£2200