Coins and Historical Medals

Edward VI (1547-1553), Third period, 3 oz. issue, Shilling, mdli, Tower I, mm. rose, bust 6, normal legends, 5.19g/6h (N 1944/1; S 2473). About very fine, good portrait, an excellent example of this very base issue, very rare £800-£1,000

Provenance: M. Sherman Collection, DNW Auction 68, 12 December 2005, lot 304; Lord Stewartby Collection, Part IV, Spink Auction 243, 28 March 2017, lot 1718; bt A.M. Roberts April 2017