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Auction: 21004 - The Sir Rodney Sweetnam KCVO CBE Collection of English Gold Coins and Other Properties - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 28

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Angelet, 1587-1590, Sixth Issue, Tower, (m.m.) ELIZABETH: D.' G.' ANG.' FR.' ET.' HI REGINA, St. Michael vanquishing the Dragon, rev. (m.m.) A : DNO.' FACTVM: EST: ISTVD ET EST · MIRA'. ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing E and rose, 2.54g, 5h, m.m. crescent over scallop [both sides] (Spink 2532; N.2006; Schneider 1, 792; Brown & Comber [1989] D17; Tyssen 1779[b]; Bergne 596 = Rostron 161; Montagu III -; Murdoch II, 615; Haddington 20 = Ryan 304), minor edge loss on an otherwise pleasingly broad flan, an historic issue from the time of the Spanish Armada, the strike remarkably uniform with crisp central devices, an attractive and extremely bold very fine, rare thus and not represented in the famous Montagu cabinet

provenance
The Christopher Comber Collection
DNW 50, 20 June 2001, lot 384
Glendining, 19 July 1954, lot 46

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Sold for
£3,000

Starting price
£2500

Sale 21004 Notices
Please note that the estimate for this item is £3000-4000, not as stated in the printed catalogue.