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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 44

xPhilip and Mary (1554-8), Angel, 5.19g., St. Michael of old style with small wings, standing slaying the dragon, PHILIP Z MARIA D G REX Z REGINA, rev. ship of new style with upturned castles, bearing shield and cross, P amd M at sides, riding on turbulent sea, wire-line/beaded inner circles, double pellet stops, m.m. lis (Schneider -; N.1965; S.2496/2496B), small scratch in obverse field, faintly creased, a neatly struck coin, very fine, very rare Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 PROVENANCE:Stack´s, 4 December 1984, lot 276L M LaRiviere, Spink Auction 124, 18 November 1997, lot 1738Only four Philip and Mary angels with beaded inner circles, S.2496B, are recorded. The combination of wire-line/beaded inner circles appears to be unique

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