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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 653

(x) Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Half-Sovereign, 1551, Southwark (London), under Sir John Yorke, (m.m.) : EDWARD '. VI : D '. G '. AGL ': FRA '. Z : hIB '. REX ., half length figure of King in armour right, carrying sword and orb, rev (m.m.) . IHS .' AVTE .' TRANCI .' PER MED '. ILLO '. IBA, crowned square shield with E-R at sides, crown not frosted, large lettering, double pellet/pellet stops, 5.569g [85.94grns], 10h, m.m. y (VJE Ryan 252 = King 39; Schneider I, - cf. 693; North 1928; S.2451), lightly gilt and the edges made round from past lunette-mounting, otherwise uniformly struck on a remarkably full flan, an attractive and bolder very fine, a rare issue under this mintmark

Provenance

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


Seaby, by private treaty, September 1979 - £3,000






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Sold for
£4,000

Starting price
£1500