Auction: 21006 - British Hammered and Milled Coins: Summer Auction
Lot: 134
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixpences, Tower (10), Third and Fourth Issues (7), bust 1F, m.m. pheon (4), 1561, reads MEV' (2), ANG, FRA, HI 2.83g, 11h (BCW BA-7B/BA-d8); another, ANG, FR, HI, Rose 7, 2.99g, 7h (BCW BA-7G//BA-d1); 1562 over Z over 1, AN, FR, HI, Rose 4, 3.06g, 4h (BCW BA-6H/BA-f1); lastly, 1564 over 2, ANG, FR, HI, 2.54g, 1h (BCW BA-7G//BA-m3 [Lis 25, Lion 37]; Spink 2561); also, bust 4B (3), 1568 over 7, 2.86g, 6h, m.m. coronet (BCW CN-2/CN-f1 [Lion 37]); another, 1570, 2.88g, 10h, m.m. castle (BCW CA-2/CA-c2 [Shield 36]); 1573, 3.03g, 2h, m.m. ermine (BCW ER-1/ER-e1 [Lion 62]; Spink 2562); also, Fifth Issues, bust 5A (2), 1578 over 7, 3.02g, 10h, m.m. Greek cross [over eglantine on reverse] (BCW CR-2/CR-b); another, 3.21g, 9h, m.m. Latin cross (BCW LC-2/LC-b3 [Lion 59]; Spink 2572); lastly, Seventh Issue, 1602, 2.87g, 3h, m.m. 2 (BCW 2-1/2-a; Spink 2585), some cleaned, others creased or toned, fine to very fine, a most pleasing and curious academic group, the first pairing unrecorded by Brown, Comber and Wilkinson and presumably rare (10)
Provenance
Purchased:
i) November 1995
ii) April 1993
iii) April 1995
iv) September 1995
v) June 1998
vi) November 1995
vii) October 1995
viii) June 1998
ix) August 1993
x) February 1973
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Sold for
£1,100
Starting price
£250