seated left on an ornamental throne
seemingly the handiwork of Erebald of Carlisle and reminiscent of the cross-border EDEN Mint reading pieces of the Edinburgh Mint of David II
a pleasing example of the countermark series
each wearing a crown and a chlamys and holding a globus cruciger
Elizabeth II 1957 Gillick Sovereign MS64 seated left on an ornamentalElizabeth II (1952 2022), gold Sovereign, 1957, young laureate head right by designer Mary Gillick, First Portrait of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, ELIZABETH. II. DEI. GRATIA. REGINA. F: D: +,rev. St. George and dragon right, broken lance to left on ground line, date in exergue, initials B. P to upper right for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled, weight 7. 98g (Marsh 297; S. 4125). Lightly