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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 4

Edward VI, third period, Half-sovereign, 5.68g., half length figure of king in armour right, crowned, carrying orb and sword, rev. crowned square shield with er at sides, ihs avte tranci per med illo ibat, pellet stops, m.m. y (Schneider 693 (same rev. die); N.1928; S.2451), unusually full and deeply struck for this piece, extremely fine, very rare thus Estimate £3,000-4,000 provenance: Lieut. Col W Durrant, Sotheby, 19 April 1847, lot 451 J B Bergne, Sotheby, 20 May 1873, lot 554 W Brice, collection purchased en bloc by H Montagu, 1887 H Montagu, Sotheby, 11 May 1896, lot 810 ('very highly preserved, one of the finest specimens known') Dr E C Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950

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