holding branch and vertical sceptre
surface marks and hairlines both sides in fields
Silver Medal by Benedetto Pistrucci
Good extremely fine though the reverse exhibits the expected die rust
unusually small Lis employed for the initial mark for the type
* Charles III 2025 PF70 UC Shield Sovereign, Advance Releases, Signed Label holding branch and vertical sceptre*Charles III (2022 ), gold proof Sovereign, 2025, struck in 22ct red gold to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Jean Baptiste Merlen design for the 1825 sovereign depicting the shield of Arms, head left, MJ initials below for designer Martin Jennings, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, CHARLES III. DEI. GRA. REX. FID. DEF. 2025, rev. design by Jean Baptiste Merlen portraying the shield of the Royal Arms, 'ARMA GEORGII IV BRITANNIARUM