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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 147

Elizabethan Shillings (8) | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth Issue, Shilling, 1592-1596, (m.m) ELIZAB .' D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET : HIB .' REGI .', crowned bust left, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' ADIVTOREM . MEV .' plain square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 5.95g [91.82grns], 2h, m.m. woolpack/tun (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/26 this coin; BCW WK-1/TN-b; North 2014; Spink 2577), slight bend in flan, wear to portrait and in areas of legend, blundered detail in first and third quarters of obverse especially, die flaw above forehead, toned, fair; another, 5.32g [82.10grns], 10h, m.m. tun (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/27 this coin; BCW TN-2/TN-b; North 2014; Spink 2577), flattened details but outline of portrait strong, contact marked, toned, fair to fine; another, 5.65g [87.19grns], 11h, m.m. woolpack (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/28 this coin; BCW WK-2/WK-b; North 2014; Spink 2577), bruised in areas, flattened devices, contact marked, bruised mottled appearance, fair; another, 5.79g [89.53grns], 6h, m.m. woolpack (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/29 this coin; BCW WK-2/WK-b; North 2014; Spink 2577), bent flan, X scratches in obverse field, softness to central devices, but otherwise a bold strike, pleasing toning to the legends, fine; another, 5.81g [89.66grns], 5h, m.m. woolpack (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/30 this coin; BCW WK-2/WK-b; North 2014; Spink 2577), slightly clipped, flattened central devices, contact marked, occasional bruising, otherwise a bold reverse strike, fair to fine; another, 5.18g [79.94grns], 2h, m.m. woolpack (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/31 this coin; BCW WK-2/WK-b; North 2014; Spink 2577), clipped, bruise by crown, flattened central devices, toned in legends and in protected areas, fair; another, 5.64g [87.04grns], 2h, m.m. woolpack (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/32 this coin; BCW WK-2/WK-b; North 2014; Spink 2577), flattened central devices, areas of blunder in the legends, otherwise pleasingly toned throughout with a dusky evenness, fine; another, 5.84g [90.12grns], 5h, m.m. woolpack (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/33 this coin; BCW WK-2/WK-b; North 2014; Spink 2577), clipped, traces of rust on both sides, mottled appearance, flattened devices, toned, fair (8)

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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£220