AU DETAILS | Australia, Victoria (1837-1901), gold Sovereign, 1877, Sydney Mint, young head left, date below, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned quartered and garnished shield of arms with cross of crown touching border denticles, surrounding BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, edge milled (Marsh 73; S.3855). About very fine, moderate rub to centres, lightly cleaned at some point in its history, good residual mint lustre on the reverse, graded by NGC as AU DETAILS (Cleaned).
NGC Certification 6321055-008.
Calendar Year Mintage 1,590,000.
The obverse Latin legend translates as "Victoria by the Grace of God", reverse "Queen of the Britons, Defender of the Faith".
(£350-£450)