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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 21

xHenry VII (1485-1509), type IV, Sovereign, 15.40g., king holding orb and sceptre, enthroned on throne with broad seat, elaborate back and high gothic canopy, HENRICVS DEI GRA REX ANGL ET FRAN DNS HIBN, rev. square-topped Royal shield in centre of Tudor rose, IHESVS AVTEM TRANSIENS PER MEDIVM ILLORVM IBAT, saltire/double saltire stops, m.m. lis/dragon (Potter & Winstanley type IV, obv. die 2; Schneider 550 (same dies); N.1692/1; S.2175), struck from lightly worn dies, slight double striking in obverse legend, otherwise a detailed and imposing example of this most important renaissance gold coin, very fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 20,000-25,000 PROVENANCE:Christie´s, 26 February 1991, lot 572

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£35,000