Victoria, young head, proof 'Una and the Lion' five-pounds, 1839, by William Wyon, bust left with hair bound in two decorated fillets, the front showing six full scrolls above the ear and the rear with eleven leaves fully visible, rev., dirige deus gressus meos., the Queen, as Una, guiding the British lion, holding orb and sceptre and wearing a mantle with Garter star, in ex., date mdcccxxxix, lettered edge reads [rose stop] decus et tutamen [rose stop] anno regni tertio between wire-line raised rims, 39.07g (L. & S. 17; W. & R. 278; Douglas Morris 229; S. 3851), hairlines and a few marks from handling, including light abrasions on the Queen's neck, in fields including area on reverse above the Queen's arm and at a couple of points on the rim, good extremely fine, with well-defined contrasting cameo surfaces
(70000-100000 GBP)