below truncation for engraver Jean Baptiste Merlen
Well-struck in high relief on a broad flan
MAX/IMA on a shield on a palm
297/6-282/1 B
very rare and with a distinguished old pedigree
Elizabeth II 2009 proof Sovereign PF69 ULTRA CAMEO below truncation for engraver JeanElizabeth II (1952 ), gold proof Sovereign, 2009, crowned head right, IRB initials below for designer Ian Rank Broadley, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, ELIZABETH. II. DEI. GRA REGINA. FID. DEF, rev. St George and dragon right, date in exergue, PISTRUCCI in full to upper left of exergue, for designer Benedetto Pistrucci, broader rim (S. 4433). Lustrous mint state, in NGC holder graded PF69 ULTRA CAMEO.