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Triton XVII Sessions 3 & 4  8 January 2014
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Lot 1444

Estimate: 25 000 USD
Price realized: 23 000 USD
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TUDOR. Edward VI. 1547-1553. AV Sovereign (37mm, 10.49 g, 6h). Second period. Southwark mint; im: Y. Struck 1551 . EDVVARD'· VI · D' G'· AGL': FRAN': ET : HIB' : REX (eglantine) : Y (diamond stops), Edward seated facing on decorated throne, holding upraised sword and orb / IHS'· AVTEM . TRANSIENS : PERMEDI'· ILLOR': IBAT · Y (diamond stops), crowned royal coat-of-arms with crowned leopard and griffin supporters; all set on ornate frame with central titulus inscribed ER. Potter, Coinage pp. 134-136; Schneider 685 (same dies); North 1906; SCBC 2433. Good VF, attractively toned, typical area of slightly weak strike.


From the Commander Gerhardt Collection (includes his ticket); Blake Collection (Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 456 [May 1956]), no. BL99; H.V. Summers Collection ("XYZ" Collection, Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 347 [March 1947]), no. G438.
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