Triton XXI, Lot: 1428. Estimate $20000. Sold for $30000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Edward VI. 1547-1553. AV Sovereign (37mm, 11h). Third period. Tower (London) mint; im: tun. Struck 1551–3. (tun) · ЄDWΛRD’ : VI : D’ · G’ · ΛGL’ : FRΛ’ · Z : HIBЄR’ : RЄX : · (square stops), crowned and armored half-length bust right, holding sword in left hand, globus cruciger in right / (tun) : : IhS ·ΛVTЄ’ · TRΛNSCI’ · PЄR : mЄDIV’ · ILLOR’ · IBAT ·, crowned royal coat-of-arms with crowned leopard and griffin supporters; all set on ornate frame with central titulus inscribed ER. Schneider 691 var. (obv. stops; same rev. die); North 1927; SCBC 2450. In NGC encapsulation, graded AU 50. Rare.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.