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Auction: 16021 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 3, Gold Coins
Lot: 998

Mary (1558-1603), Sovereign (30s), MDLIII (1553), 15.29g, mm. pomegranate, maria mm d’ g’ ang’ fra / z hib regina m d liii, annulet stops, queen enthroned facing, holding orb and sceptre, tressure broken by throne, portcullis below, rev. a dno’ mm factv’ est istv’ z est mira’ in ocvl’ nris’, annulet stops, square topped shield on Tudor rose (N.1956; S.2488; Schneider 704 same dies), a well struck example, with a clear portrait, good very fine, rare

provenance:
I Ure, Rasmussen list 2 (Spring 2002), C105

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£42,000