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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 210

gVictoria (1837-1901), Pattern ´Una and the Lion´ Five Pounds, 1839, by William Wyon, young filleted head left, front fillet with five full scrolls, rear fillet plain, w.wyon.ra in relief on truncation, victoria d:g: britanniarum regina f:d:, ornate toothed border both sides, rev. struck en medaille, the Queen as Una leading the British lion, plain left shoulder, sceptre extended in right hand, orb in left hand, above dirigit deus gressus meos. date in Roman numerals in exergue mdcccxxxix. above w wyon r.a., edge plain (W&R.277 R6; L&S.16; S.3851), light hairlines both sides and surface marks otherwise brilliant practically as struck and extremely rare Estimate £ 15,000-20,000 Baldwin Auction 17, 5 May 1998, lot 714

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