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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1093

Edward VI (1547-1553), First Period, Half-Sovereign, 1547-1549, Southwark [from a reconstituted Tower obverse die], EDWARD : 6 : D '. G '. AG - FRAN '. Z . HIB '. REX, youthful King enthroned facing, holding orb and sceptre, rev. IHS · AVTEM · TRANSIENS · PER : MEDI '· ILLOR '· IBAT, crowned shield of arms, supported by lion and dragon, 'E' below, 6.16g, 11h, m.m. E [over arrow on obverse only] (Whitton, p. 88, no. 1; Schneider I, 665; North 1893; Spink 2430), partially double struck to peripheries, and a trace off-centre for strike, otherwise a beautifully honest and original coin, naturally lustrous with subtle honey-golden hues, a pleasingly bold very fine / the reverse similarly so but for a small scratch below lion, with traces of red wax in recesses

Provenance

H F Cabell, collection of English Hammered Gold coins dispersed by Spink through the Numismatic Circular, 1971-1973 - £275 [with ticket in hand of Liddell]




Whitton noted: "In conclusion, let us consider the almost unparalleled confusion which existed at the Tower and at Suffolk Place during the coinage of Edward VI in Henry's name: at the beginning, half-sovereigns in Edward’s name were issued more or less side by side by both mints. Southwark used Tower dies and changed them by punching E over Arrow. At times Southwark even used dies with Tower markings in addition to unmarked Tower dies which had previously been used by a Tower establishment. If there was anything deliberate and systematic, it was the lack of order and coordination."

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Sold for
£5,200

Starting price
£3000