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Auction: 9026 - Ancient. English, Foreign Coins & Com. Medals
Lot: 251

g Victoria (1837-1901), ´Una and the Lion´ Five Pounds, 1839, by W. Wyon, young head left, 9 leaves to rear fillet of hair band, victoria d: g; britanniarum regina f: d:, rev. the young Queen as Una, crowned, holding orb and sceptre, leading the lion left, date in exergue, dirige deus gressus meos., edge lettered (WR 279; S.3851), minor edge knocks, light surface marks on neck and in fields, otherwise with an attractive old golden tone and considerable brilliance, good extremely fine, and rare Estimate £ 18,000-20,000

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