Edward VI, Halfcrown, 14.84g., third period, 1553, m.m. tun, king on large walking horse right, without plume, date below, reads AGL FRAN rev. long cross fourchée over shield (N.1936; S.2481), very fine with exceptional detail on the horseman for this extremely rare piece, the finest of the eight specimens in private hands
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Edward VI, Halfcrown, 14.84g., third period, 1553, m.m. tun, king on large walking horse right, without plume, date below, reads AGL FRAN rev. long cross fourchée over shield (N.1936; S.2481), very fine with exceptional detail on the horseman for this extremely rare piece, the finest of the eight specimens in private hands

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Edward VI, Halfcrown, 14.84g., third period, 1553, m.m. tun, king on large walking horse right, without plume, date below, reads AGL FRAN rev. long cross fourchée over shield (N.1936; S.2481), very fine with exceptional detail on the horseman for this extremely rare piece, the finest of the eight specimens in private hands
Provenance
Sir Kenyon Vaughan Morgan, Sotheby, 17 June 1935, lot 173
R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 1908
E M Norweb, Spink Auction 56, 19 November 1986, lot 916
Special notice
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