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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1103

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue, [Fine Gold], Angel, 1590-1592, Tower, (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET : HI .' REGINA, beaded inner circle, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO : FACTVM : EST : ISTVD : ET : EST : MIRABI, beaded inner circle, ship with bowsprit, surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing E and rose, 5.15g, 10h, m.m. hand (Brown & Comber C39; Schneider I, 790; Murdoch II, 611; Thellusson 66c/67a = Raynes 131; Ryan 292 'pierced'; Lockett 1966; AHH 'Virtual' -; North 2005; Spink 2531), some peripheral striking softness, otherwise on an unusually broad round planchet, naturally toned, a pleasing very fine, a rare pyx mark not represented in the fabled Alderman Hird cabinet, rare thus

Provenance

Seaby, by private treaty, 30 November 1972 - £185 [with Seaby Inventory Ticket no. 723850 [with stock cost of £150]


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Sold for
£5,500

Starting price
£2300