Spink's sale of Stratos collection led by Queen Anne five guineas piece
This Queen Anne (1702-14) five guineas piece from 1705 sold for £220,000 (estimate £100,000-120,000) to top the Stratos collection of English gold coins offered by Spink on September 15.
At the time of the Whetmore dispersal in 1943, the 1705 Five Guineas piece was thought of as a ‘pr…