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Auction: 23126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 30: English and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 8498

Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Fine Silver Issue, 'Horseman' Crown, 1551, Southwark, (Under-Treasurer, Sir John Yorke), (m.m.) : EDVVARD ': VI : D ': G ': AGL ': FRANC ': Z : hIBER ': REX • King on horseback right, with date in Arabic numerals below horse, rev. : POSVI DEVM : A DIVTOR | E?• MEV?• (m.m.) : square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, small lys in first and fourth quarters, 30.21g, 3h, m.m. y [small on reverse] (Lingford dies A-unlisted; Rodney-Smith -; Barr -; Spink 2478; North 1933), slightly broad-struck and a trace off-centre, usual stress mark in fields, lightly cleaned but residually toned, scarcely fine at centres, better to peripheries, an excessively rare die combination with only two others recorded from this reverse die; unknown both to Lingford and Rodney-Smith

Provenance

The 'Eleutherios' Collection of English Coins

Morton & Eden 75, 2 July 2015, lot 141 - minor flan cracks, about fine - £900



The cataloguer notes similarities to Lingford's reverse die 16 (vide: i. 1950 Sale, Lot 12 / ii. Glendining, 13 May 1992, lot 252* / iii. Glendining, 25-26 November 1981, lot 290*) and die 17 (vide: Sale, Lot 13 / Lockett 1895). However, it is clear from the positioning of the colon stops, the absence of any after POSVI and the 'small' mintmark after MEV': that this reverse die differs from both. In comparison with reverse die 3 (vide: Sale, Lot 5), the size of the reverse pyx-mark affords us a suitable parallel, but again suffers from minor punctuation differences. This unrecorded reverse die was not noted at its last public appearance, but has been recorded by a well-regarded industry expert on two other coins - (SJA 11, 8 May 2009, lot 51* - gilt and pierced, fine) and (Glendining, 9-10 December 1987, lot 551* - fine).

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Sold for
£900

Starting price
£500