Edward IV gold Angel, initial mark annulet, NGC AU55

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JM36276

Edward IV gold Angel, initial mark annulet, NGC AU55

Name: Edward IV gold Angel, initial mark annulet, NGC AU55
Brand: Sovereign Rarities Live
SKU: JM36276
Price: 7500.0 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Edward IV, second reign (1471-83),gold Angel, Tower Mint, London, St Michael killing dragon with lance, one foot on dragon, beaded circle surrounding, initial mark annulet on obverse only (1471-72), trefoil stops with abbreviated Latin legend both sides, EDWARD'x DEIx GRA REXx AnGL'xZ FRAnC'x,rev.ship sailing right, quartered shield upon hull, cross above, E to left, rose to right, PER CR VSE'x TVA' SALVA'x nOSx XPC'x REDEmTORx, weight 4.93g (cf.Schneider 459; N.1626; S.2091).Toned, well centered strike on a broad flan with a good face and detail on St Michael, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU55.

NGC certification 8221159-004.

The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Edward by the Grace of God, King of England and France" and on the reverse "By thy cross, save us, O Christ, our Redeemer" taken from the Bible.

The original mint accounts from this reign survive and the gold output of the Mint from 1st May 1471 until 29th September 1472 amounted to some 3,023 pound weight of gold which was nearly £70,000 of face value. This would represent most of the output for this mint mark across the Angels and Half-Angels with perhaps a few thousand more coins till end of year change over.