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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 136

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth Issue, Crown Gold, Half-Pound, 1592-1594, engraved by Charles Anthony, Tower, ELIZAB.' D.' G.' ANG.' FRA.' ET. HIB.' REGIN.' larger crowned and decorated bust left, wearing elaborate bodice, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGE • EAM • crowned shield dividing E-R, 10h, m.m. tun (Brown & Comber [1989], G23; Ryan 329; Raynes 152; Lockett 1989 same dies; Hird I, 51; Spink 6, 10-11 October 1979, lot 593* same dies; King 52 same dies; Schneider I, 809 same obverse die; North 2009; Spink 2535), minor peripheral striking softness on a neat round flan, a tiny split by A of ANG, otherwise pleasingly lustrous across original honey-golden surfaces, the legends dappled with hues of reddish-orange, almost extremely fine, rare and extremely sought-after in the present market, in NGC holder, conservatively graded AU55 (Cert. #1875790-002)

Provenance

Dr Paul Broughton, Spink 235, 22 March 2016, lot 443 - wherein graded NGC AU55

Goldberg's 41, 30 May 2007, lot 4477 - wherein graded NGC AU55

Goldberg's 36, 28 May 2006, lot 1198 - wherein graded NGC AU55

SCMB, February 1975, G79* - "extremely fine"

Spink-Glendining, 27-28 November 1974, lot 567 - "extremely fine and scarce"

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Sold for
£18,000

Starting price
£18000