Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 659
(x) NGC AU | Mary and Philip (1554-1558), Old Style, Angel, Tower (London), (m.m.) PHILIP • Z • MARIA • D • G • REX • Z • REGINA, St Michael vanquishing Dragon, with long wings, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO FACTVM • EST • ISTVD • Z • EST MIRABI •, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing P and M, wire line inner circles both sides, 5.033g [77.62grns], 12h, m.m. lys (Scheider I, 726; North 1965; S.2496), light scuffing and subtle crimping to an otherwise broad round planchet, with much lustre adorning the unfurled Angelic wings, a bolder very fine, rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534362-008)
Provenance
The "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins
Seaby, by private treaty, 1982 - £3,250
Glendining, 26 November 1980, lot 22* - "pitted surface and some verdigris, has probably been mounted, otherwise about fine, very rare" - £2,600
https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8534362-008/NGCDetails/
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Sold for
£7,500
Starting price
£6000