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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 14

Philip and Mary (1554-8), Angel, 5.15g., St. Michael of new style with large wings, standing slaying the dragon, philip z maria d g rex z regin, rev., ship of new style with upturned castles, p and m at sides, riding on a turbulent sea, adno factvm est istvd z est mirabi, beaded inner circles both sides, pellet stops, m.m. lis (Schneider 728 (same obv. die); N.1965; S.2496B), flan creased in centre, tiny striking cracks in legend at 11 o'clock, otherwise very fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance: Sir Kenyon Vaughan Morgan, Sotheby, 17 June 1935, lot 30 R.D. Wills, Glendining, 6 December 1938, lot 56 Spink Numismatic Circular, November 1942, no.16779 £37-10-0 The only other recorded example of this reverse die, and die combination, was acquired by the British Museum in 1915 from the Sir John Evans collection per J. Pierrepont Morgan.

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