Very Rare in the Name of Edward

CNG 91, Lot: 1512. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Edward VI. 1547-1553. AV Half Sovereign (29mm, 5.64 g, 4h). First period. Southwark mint; im: E. Struck 1547-1548. Edward enthroned facing, holding scepter and globus cruciger; rose below / Crowned coat-of-arms supported by crowned lion on left and griffin on right; retrograde E below shield. Whitton p. 88, Soutwark var. I; Schneider 665 var. (E not retrograde); North 1893; SCBC 2430. Near VF, areas of weak strike. Very rare.

From the Tradewinds Collection.