Triton XX, Lot: 1572. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Edward VI. 1547-1553. AR Crown (41mm, 30.61 g, 8h). Third period; Fine Silver issue. Tower (London) mint; im: tun. Dated 1552. : ЄDVVΛRD’ · VI : D’ · G’ : ΛGL’ : FRΛ’ : Z : ҺIBЄR’ : RЄX :, Edward, armored and holding sword, on horseback riding right; 155Z below / : POSVI DЄVm : Λ DIVTOR Є’ : mЄVm, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Woodbridge dies B/12; North 1933; SCBC 2478. Good VF, toned, a few light marks.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular XCVIII.2 (March 1990), no. 1009; Hopetown House Collection (Spink 67, 16 November 1988), lot 305; F. R. Cooper Collection (sold privately; not in Glendining sales); Lord Smith of Marlow Collection (sold to Spink in 1969).