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Auction: 16014 - The Dr Paul Broughton Collection of English Hammered Gold Coins
Lot: 443

(x) Elizabeth I (1558-1603), sixth issue 1583-1600, Half-Pound, m.m. tun, elizab d g ang fra et hib regin, bust of queen facing left, wearing elaborate dress, rev. scvtvm fidei proteget eam, crowned shield dividing e-r (N.2009; S.2535), this very ornate type of Elizabethan Half-Pound is considerably rarer than the plainer style Half-Pound, and probably much rarer than the Pound piece in the top grades, extremely fine, proof-like fields, an abundance of original luster and very sharply struck on a larger than average flan, NGC graded AU-55

provenance

Goldberg auction 41, 30 May 2007, lot 4477


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