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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 628

(x) NGC AU | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Type IIb, Sovereign of 20-Shillings, 1544-1547, Southwark (London), (m.m.) hEnRIC : 8 : DI .' GRA .' AGL ' FRAnCIE : Z : hIBERn .' REX, trefoil stops, King enthroned, holding orb and sceptre, rose below, rev. (m.m.) IhS '. AVTEM : TRAnSIEnS : PER MEDIVM : ILLOR '. IBAT ', trefoil stops, crowned square topped shield with Royal supporters, HR below, 12.563g [193.877grns], 9h, m.m. S (Schneider I, 611 same dies; North 1825; S.2291), typical softness and peripheral die breaks to areas of strike, otherwise an impressive all-round survivor with sumptuous orange tone playfully interspersed amongst the fineries of the recessed devices, a most pleasingly bold and wholesome very fine, rare in this excellent and truly presentable, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534362-007)

Provenance

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


M Amstell, by private treaty, 1982 - £5,500



https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8534362-007/NGCDetails/


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Sold for
£29,000

Starting price
£12000