SOVEREIGN RARITIES LONDON AUCTION 3

Sovereign Rarities are pleased to hold their third auction on the 27th April 2021, their first London-based sale since September 2019. The pre-bidding phase is open now at www.sovr.co.uk until the live auction on the day, and we hope the sale contains something for everyone with coins from ancient to modern.

The sale begins with eight lots of ancient Greek and Roman coins, one nicely struck piece being an Augustus Denarius (lot 6, £1,500-2,000) with the standing bull on the reverse.

Lot 12: Edward the Black Prince Guyennois D'Or

A short run of interesting Anglo-Gallic coins follow, with their Gothic designs including a very rare Edward the Black Prince Guyennois D'Or (lot 12, £10,000-12,000), as well as a Chaise D'Or and two Henry VI Angelots. This leads straight into the British section which forms the bulk of the sale comprising of just over 200 lots from Anglo-Saxon to modern.

Lot 22: Patrick of Salisbury penny

Lot 28: Tudor Edward VI gold Sovereign

Lot 30: Dutch issue Ryal of Queen Elizabeth I

Lot 38: 1692 William and Mary Five Guinea

Lot 39: George II Five Guineas East India Company issue of 1729

Highlights of the historic British section of include a very rare Patrick of Salisbury penny struck during the Anarchy period of the 12th century (lot 22, £6,000-8,000) as well as Pevensey Mint piece of Stephen. Moving on to the hammered Tudors, an Edward VI gold Sovereign of the third period follows (lot 28, £25,000-30,000), as well as an extremely rare Dutch issue Ryal of Queen Elizabeth I NGC graded as MS61 (lot 30, £30,000-40,000). The British milled is heralded at the start with four Five Guinea pieces from Charles II to George II, with the William and Mary 1692 graded as Mint State 61+ by NGC (lot 38, £40,000-60,000), and the East India Company issue of 1729 in the reign of George II graded as Mint State 61 (lot 39, £40,000-60,000).

Lot 182: Elizabeth II gold One Kilo Three Graces

Lot 234: Bermudan ‘Hogge' coin found in Kent

Lot 290: 1811 Gold Five Dollars

The auction also has a prominent modern coin component which features several of the new Three Graces series from the Royal Mint dated 2020, with the highlight being a gold One Kilo Three Graces graded by NGC as PF70 Ultra Cameo, First Day of Issue (lot 182, £90,000-100,000). Additionally, the auction includes many rare and high-grade World Coins, with highlights including a presumed unique Bermudan ‘Hogge' coin found in Kent (lot 234, £5,000-8,000), as well as twelve lots of USA coins including an MS60 graded 1811 gold five dollars (lot 290, £3,000-4,000). The auction closes with an interesting collection of siege coins from Europe and some emergency paper currency issues. The online only auction has two weeks of pre-bidding from the 13th of April and will end with the live sale at 10am GMT on the 27th April, there is no printed catalogue and enquiries are welcome to info@sovr.co.uk

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