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Auction: 5014 - The Coinex Sale
Lot: 1381

Henry VI, restored (1470-1), Angel, 5.82g., London, St. Michael standing facing on a dragon, which he pierces with a spear, HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC, rev. ship bearing shield and cross, h and lis at sides, reads CRVSE and REDET, trefoil/no stops, m.m. restoration cross on reverse only (Allen dies A/e; Schneider 428 (same dies); N.1613; S.2078), trace of crease, with tiny edge crack at 5 o´clock, light scratches at 11 o´clock, otherwise very fine, very rare Estimate £ 2,000-2,200PROVENANCE: P W P Carlyon-Britton, collection of hammered gold purchased en bloc by Seaby, 1937 Although there is no catalogue of Major P W P Carlyon-Britton´s extensive collection of English hammered gold, this coin was illustrated in an article by his son, R Carlyon-Britton, in BNJ XVII, p.125, no.11

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£2,700