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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 50

xElizabeth I, fifth issue, Sovereign, 15.22g., queen enthroned holding orb and sceptre, portcullis at feet, tressure unbroken by throne, back of throne and the uprights decorated with pellets, rev. square-topped shield on Tudor rose, pellet stops, m.m. tun (Brown and Comber A26; Schneider 783 (same dies); N.2003; S.2529), faint scratches on obverse, very small dent on edge at 9 o´clock, a most handsome piece, the portrait in high relief and well struck, almost extremely fine Estimate £ 7,000-8,000 PROVENANCE:Stack´s, 7 December 1994, lot 2447

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