Triton XXI, Lot: 1427. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Edward VI. 1547-1553. AV Half Sovereign (30mm, 5.43 g, 2h). Second period. Tower (London) mint; im: arrow. Struck 1549. (arrow) · EDWARD’ · VI : D’ · G’ · AGL’ · FRA’ · Z : HIB’ · REX · (square stops), crowned and armored bust right / (arrow) * SCVTVM * FIDEI * PROTEGET * EVM * (rose stops), crowned coat-of-arms. Potter, Coinage, type 2(a); Schneider 672 var. (legends); North 1911; SCBC 2438. Good VF, light red tone with minor flan bend. Charming Tudor portrait.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 1565.