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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 584

(x) Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Angel, Type 1, 1464-1469, EDWARD .' DI . GRA : REX ANGL .' Z FRANC DnS hI BER, saltire stops, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 3/3, rev. * PER CRVCEM TVA .' SALVA . nOS . XPISTE . REDEMTOR ', trefoil stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing Rose and Sun, trefoils in fields, 5.012g [77.34grns], 10h, m.m. rose (Blunt & Whitton, Type V; Webb-Ware, English Gold Coinage: 1465-1485, p. 121, Pl. 2, no. 1, die 1 this coin [Type 1]; cf. Schneider I, 417-418; cf. Davis 309 = Brice = Montagu II, 592 = Sir John Evans = Lockett II, 1550 = Beresford-Jones 11; North 1561; S.1967), hairline striking cracks radiating through a crimped but full round flan, nevertheless with a delightful orange-peel and honey golden lustrous cabinet tone, struck details very fine, UNIQUE, and the first of this largely forgotten but excessively rare series to appear at auction in over 40 YEARS

Provenance

The "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins


Bridgewater House, Sotheby's, 15 June 1972, lot 16 - £2,800


John Sutherland Egerton, 5th Earl of Ellesmere, latterly Duke of Sutherland from 1963


Loaned to the British Museum for safekeeping during the reconstruction of the house by the First Earl of Elsmore (1800-1857)


Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (died 1857)


Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke and 6th Earl of Bridgewater (died 1803) ~ to his great grandson ~


John Egerton, 2nd Duke and 5th Earl of Bridgewater (died 1748), ~ to his brother ~


Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke and 4th Earl of Bridgewater (died 1745), ~ to his fourth son ~


Earls of Bridgewater, thence by descent



The Bridgewater House collection was seen only by a privileged few despite its residency within the British Museum after the foundation of the Department of Coins and Medals in 1861. A precise date for the formation of the collection is not clear, but it is understood that the 4th Earl continued adding to a collection inherited from his father, John, 3rd Earl (died 1701), who in turn could conceivably have received a similar bequest from his own father John, 2nd Earl (died 1686). To this day it remains rightfully lauded as one of the most important dispersals of numismatic treasures in the 20th Century with memorable cabinet highlights including examples of Cromwellian milled gold.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£24,000

Starting price
£3000