28g (MI 464/62
flan a little ragged in parts
Rich lustrous toning with mirrored fields and a bold comprehensive portrait
holding a spear and a shield
slight double striking on reverse
Victoria 1838 Sovereign "Narrow shield", AU53, third finest graded, extremely rare 28g (MI 464/62Victoria (1837 1901), gold Sovereign, 1838, "narrow" shield variety, first young head left, W. W. raised on truncation for designer and engraver William Wyon, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, wreath with more leaves including three at top either side, narrower arrangement of emblems below, flower stops either side, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding,