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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 520

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), (6) Sixpences, including: Second Issue, 1561, Tower [Lower House], (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET o HI .' REGINA, crowned bust 1F left, Tudor rose behind, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTOREM : MEV .' square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 2.89g [44.8grns], 2h, m.m. pheon (North 1997; Spink 2560), light crimping, otherwise patches of toning on a full round flan, almost very fine; another, 2.84g [43.8grns], 2h, m.m. pheon (North 1997; Spink 2561), cleaned with areas of flatness and others of staining, fine or marginally bolder for issue; and, Third and Fourth Issue, Sixpence, 1572, 2 over inverted 2, Tower [Lower House], (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET o HI .' REGINA, crowned bust 4B left, Tudor rose behind, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTOREM : MEV .' square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 2.95g [45.4grns], 8h, m.m. ermine (North 1997; Spink 2562), slightly rough flan at 12 o'clock, otherwise lightly toned, good fine; another, 2.85g [44.0grns], 8h, m.m. coronet (North 1997; Spink 2562), toned, a pleasing very fine, the reverse particularly struck up; another, 1571, 3.04g [47.0grns], 12h, m.m. castle (North 1997; Spink 2562), centre of reverse struck soft, otherwise toned, good fine to almost very fine; and, 1566, Tower [Lower House], a British Museum Electrotype (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET o HI .' REGINA, crowned bust 1F left, Tudor rose behind, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTOREM : MEV .' square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, MB stamped either side of shield, 2.50g [38.8grns], 11h, m.m. portcullis (cf. North 1997; cf. Spink 2561), edges smoothed to remove casting lines, otherwise toned, a really good very fine imitation of the British Museum cabinet coin (6)

Provenance

i) Warwick & Warwick 642, 14 November 2009, lot 469a - £154

ii) Bought for £20 in 1983

iii) 'CA', by private treaty, 1989 - £45

iv) Warwick & Warwick 596, 14 February 2007, lot 34 - £220

- Mervyn Clapman
v) 'CA', by private treaty, 1989 - £38

vi) 'IF', by private treaty, 1992 - £36


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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£180