尤娜与狮子又来了！

亚高 · 发表于 2021-4-27 22:03:39

MDC2021年6月(#7)-钱币专场，将于当地时间12日9:30(北京时间15:30)举行。本场共827件拍品。亮点包括1804年乔治三世双面人像金币、1839年英国尤娜与狮子金币、1852年澳大利亚5镑金样等。其中1839年英国尤娜与狮子金币，经NGC评级为PF 64 ULTRA CAMEO，本场估价为30万欧元。

亚高 · 发表于 2021-4-27 22:06:36

GRANDE BRETAGNEVictoria (1837-1901). Five pounds “Una and the lion” PROOF, 1839, London. Obv. VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIARUM REGINA F: D: Bust facing left ; signature W. WYON R. A. Rv. DIRIGE DEUS - GRESSUS MEOS. The queen left leading a lion with her scepter; in exergue (date) and signature W. WYON R. A. Fr.386 - S.3851 - W&R.278 - Schl.148; Gold - 37 mm - 12 h. NGC PF 64 ULTRA CAMEO.

Inscribed edge : DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI TERTIO. Exceptional coin, under-graded according to us. Proof and Fleur de coin. Designed by William Wyon (1795-1851) in 1839 to celebrate queen Victoria’s reign start (in 1837), “Una and the lion” five pounds coin is known as one of the finest British coins. Victoria, accompanied by a lion, walks left, with the motto "May God lead my steps".

The young queen, then aged twenty, is portrayed as Lady Una from a character in the poem The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer in 1590. This daring design is the first depiction of a British monarch as a fictional character: the lion embodying England is directed by queen Victoria, as Una, who guides it with her scepter.

Starting price : 300000€