SCBC Plate Coin

Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1142. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Edward VI. 1547-1553. AR Shilling (5.86 g, 2h). Third period; fine silver issue. Tower mint; im: tun. Struck 1551-1553. :ЄDWΛRD’. VI: D’. G’. ΛGL’. FRΛ’. Z: hIB’. RЄX:, crowned bust facing three-quarters left; rose to left, XII to right / POSVI DЄV’. ΛDIVTORЄ’. mЄV’., royal arms over long cross fourchée. North 1937; SCBC 2482 (this coin illustrated). EF, toned, small flan crack, light scratches under tone. Excellent portrait coin.

Ex Goldberg 41 (28 May 2007), lot 3188; Goldberg 37 (10 September 2006), lot 4234.