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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 532

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issue, Sixpence, 1561, Tower [Upper House], (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D • G • ANG • FRA • ET • HIB • REGINA, crowned taller bust A left, with ornately decorated bodice, large Tudor rose behind, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEVM • AD-IVTOREM • MEVM, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, edge plain, 3.01g [46.6grns], 6h, m.m. star (Borden/Brown 21, dies O2/R2; North 2024; Spink 2593), lightly tooled in fields and with spots of red wax in recesses, subtly retoned, a really bold very fine and most desirable

Provenance

Warwick & Warwick 581, 8 March 2006, lot 86 - £493

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£650

Starting price
£200