Edward VI, second period, Shilling, 5.20g., Tower mint, 1549, m.m. grapple (Bispham bust 3; N.1917/1; S.2466), an extremely fine specimen with a good portrait, very rare thus
Edward VI, second period, Shilling, 5.20g., Tower mint, 1549, m.m. grapple (Bispham bust 3; N.1917/1; S.2466), an extremely fine specimen with a good portrait, very rare thus

Details
Edward VI, second period, Shilling, 5.20g., Tower mint, 1549, m.m. grapple (Bispham bust 3; N.1917/1; S.2466), an extremely fine specimen with a good portrait, very rare thus
Provenance
T Dimsdale, Sotheby, 6 July 1824, lot 624 (part)
W Durrant, Sotheby, 19 April 1847, lot 417
Sir Henry Russell, Sotheby, 18 February 1850, lot 329
J B Bergne, Sotheby, 20 May 1873, lot 527
W Brice collection, purchased en bloc by H Montagu, 1887
H Montagu, Sotheby, 11 May 1896, lot 821
B Roth, Sotheby, 19 July 1917, lot 266
Dr E C Carter collection, purchased by Baldwin, 1950
Dr E Burstal, Glendining, 15 May 1968, lot 144

Lot Essay

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