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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 642

(x) NGC AU | Edward VI (1547-1553), First Coinage, Half-Sovereign, 1547-1549, Tower (London), (m.m.) EDWARD .' 6 .' D .' G .' AG .' FRAN ': Z . HIB ': REX '.', lozenge stops, King enthroned, holding orb and sceptre, rose at feet, rev. (m.m.) . IHS .' AVTE '. TRANSIE .' PER MED : ILLOR '. IBAT, saltire stops, crowned shield flanked by supporters, 5.999g [92.57grns], 9h, m.m. arrow (Sir John Evans [NumChron 1886], Pl. VI, 8; Whitton BNJ XXVI, p. 88, no. 1 and Pl. V, 12 same dies; Brooke, Pl. XXXVIII, 5; Lockett 1855 = Norweb 337 this coin; North 1892; S.2429), hairline flan split at 11 o'clock, otherwise a spectacular example of this notoriously difficult series, handsomely toned and uniformly bold for strike on a carefully prepared and neat round flan, a truly excellent very fine, a true connoisseur's cabinet piece, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534369-018)

Provenance

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


Mrs Emery May Norweb, Part 2, 1985, lot 337* - "tiny crack in edge, otherwise good fine and very rare" - £820 [Amstell]


A H Baldwin, by private treaty, 1957


Richard Cyril Lockett [English II], Glendining, 11-12 October 1956, lot 1855* - "slight filing on edge, very fine and very rare" - £30.0.0 [Baldwin]


Lars Emil Bruun, Part I, Sotheby's, 18-22 May 1925, lot 589* "very fine and rare" - £13.10.0 [Baldwin for Lockett]



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Sold for
£7,500

Starting price
£2500