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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 28

xHenry VIII, second coinage, Sovereign, 15.29g., king enthroned holding orb and sceptre, portcullis at feet, HENRICVS DEI GRACIA REX ANGLIE ET FRANC DNS HIB, rev. square-topped shield in centre of Tudor rose, within double tressure, double saltire stops, m.m. lis (over sunburst on obverse) (Whitton O2/R4; Schneider 572/1 (same obv./rev. dies); N.1782; S.2267), lightly creased, small edge flaw at 4 o´clock, otherwise very fine, very rare Estimate £ 10,000-12,000 PROVENANCE:Spink Auction 161, 14 November 2002, lot 116This coin is struck from the second of the two obverse dies used for this coinage, in its first state (Whitton O2). It is here combined with the same reverse die as the last

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