Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 1 25 Sep 2018
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Anne (1702-14), silver Pre-Union Crown, 1705, plumes reverse, first draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, ANNA.DEI. GRATIA., rev. Pre-Union crowned cruciform shields, seven strings to Irish harp, Welsh plumes in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, .MAG BR. FRA ET. HIB REG., edge inscribed in raised letters of upright orientation to obverse, .++ DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. QVINTO, weight 30.06g (Bull 1341 R2; ESC 100 R2; C&R 563 R4-R6; S.3577). Very attractively toned, a couple of very light adjustment marks on shoulder of bust, otherwise a superb example of this key rarity in the Queen Anne Crown series, good extremely fine and of the highest rarity this well preserved.
Provenance:
Ex Agricola Collection (R. S. James), Spink Coin Auction 31, 12th October 1983, lot 340.
Ex Collection of English Coins Property of a Gentleman, Spink Coin Auction 125, 3rd March 1998, lot 709, illustrated on colour plate.
The plumes reverse indicate that this coin is made from silver sourced from Wales. We are only aware of two examples in this sort of grade of preservation, the other is the front cover coin of the English Silver Coinage 6th revised edition by Maurice Bull. The coin offered here does seem slightly sharper of strike than that other example.
Provenance:
Ex Agricola Collection (R. S. James), Spink Coin Auction 31, 12th October 1983, lot 340.
Ex Collection of English Coins Property of a Gentleman, Spink Coin Auction 125, 3rd March 1998, lot 709, illustrated on colour plate.
The plumes reverse indicate that this coin is made from silver sourced from Wales. We are only aware of two examples in this sort of grade of preservation, the other is the front cover coin of the English Silver Coinage 6th revised edition by Maurice Bull. The coin offered here does seem slightly sharper of strike than that other example.