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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 22

xHenry VII, type IV, Sovereign, 15.31g., 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), small scratch on seat of throne, faint crease by king´s head, almost very fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 18,000-20,000 PROVENANCE:J H Barnes, Sotheby, 26 June 1974, lot 109Sotheby, 13 February 1986, lot 63Sotheby, 4 October 1990, lot 303Spink Auction 161, 14 November 2002, lot 115

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