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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 144

Elizabethan Shillings (12) | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second Issue, Shilling, 1560-1561, Tower, (m.m) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET . HIB ' REGINA, crowned and draped bust left, rev. (m.m) POSVI DEV .' ADIVTORE M : MEV .', beaded and wire line, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 5.66g [87.35grns], 8h, m.m. cross crosslet, (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/3 this coin; BCW CC-5/CC-c; North 1985; Spink 2555), central devices heavily worn, mottled appearance, toned, fair ; another, 5.62g [86.73grns], 8h, m.m. cross crosslet (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/4 this coin; BCW CC-5/CC-c; North 1985; Spink 2555), pierced in two places, portrait largely worn away, traces remain, bent flan, toned, fair ; another, 5.60g [86.42grns], 10h, m.m. cross crosslet (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/5 this coin; BCW CC-5/CC-c; North 1985; Spink 2555), portrait largely worn away but cross remains visible, clipped, toned in the legends, fair to fine ; another, 5.24g [80.87grns], 2h, m.m. cross crosslet (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/6 this coin; BCW CC-5/CC-c; North 1985; Spink 2555), portrait largely worn but details decipherable, scratches to the surface toned, especially in the legends, fair to fine; another, 5.00g [77.16grns], 2h, m.m. cross crosslet (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/7 this coin; BCW CC-5/CC-c; North 1985; Spink 2555), portrait largely worn, large X scratches on obverse, reverse better, toned, fair; another, 4.92g [75.93grns], 7h, m.m. cross crosslet (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/8 this coin; BCW CC-5/CC-c; North 1985; Spink 2555), pockmarked and scratched, worn throughout, deep toning however, fair; another, 4.75g [73.30grns], 6h, m.m. cross crosslet (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/9 this coin; BCW CC-5/CC-c; North 1985; Spink 2555), pinmarked, slightly bent, deeply toned, fair; another, 4.62g [71.30grns], 5h, m.m. cross crosslet (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/10 this coin; BCW CC-5/CC-c; North 1985; Spink 2555), clipped, mottled appearance, scratched, toned, fair; another, 6.02g [92.90grns], 10h, m.m. martlet (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/11 this coin; BCW MR-4/MR-b; North 1985; Spink 2555), devices flattened, slight bend in flan, fair; another, 5.88g [90.74grns], 7h, m.m. martlet (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/12 this coin; BCW MR-4/MR-b; North 1985; Spink 2555), scratched with particularly deep mark over central obverse field, fair; another, 5.53g [85.34grns], 10h, m.m. martlet (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/13 this coin; BCW MR-4/MR-b; North 1985; Spink 2555), portrait smoothed but legends bold, pleasingly toned, fine; another, 5.36g [82.72grns], 11h, m.m. martlet (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/14 this coin; BCW MR-4/MR-b; North 1985; Spink 2555), clipped, scratched and smoothed, deeply toned, fair (12)

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£300

Starting price
£350