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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 496

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue [Fine Gold], Double Rose Noble or 'Fine Sovereign' [of 30-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 1 June 1587 - 31 January 1590), Tower, ELIZABETH . D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET . HIB .' REGINA (m.m), Queen seated on ornamented throne with very fine latice work and pellet backing, holding orb and sceptre, flanked by plain pillars, Portcullis below atop ornate tressure through which it and only her crown breaks, rev. (m.m) A . DNO .' FACTV .' EST . ISTVD . ET . EST . MIRAB .' IN . OCVLIS . NRS .', Royal Shield set atop Tudor Rose, 15.33g [236.6grns], 10h, m.m. crescent / crescent over escallop (Brown & Comber A22; Bruun 631 same dies; AHH Virtual 74 same dies; Holloway 17A-22A-004 [10 recorded]; Schneider I, 782 same obverse die; North 2003; Spink 2529), a juddered strike to reverse and a small split at 10 o'clock and by portcullis, a pleasingly uniform and full striking on a honey-golden round flan, an engaging and covetable portrait, current for the year of the Spanish Armada

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Sold for
£18,500

Starting price
£12000