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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 150

Elizabethan Sixpences (15) | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third Issue, Sixpence, 1570, (m.m) ELIZABETH .' D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET : HI .' REGINA .', crowned bust left, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' ADIVTOREM . MEV .' plain square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, date above, 2.55g [39.35grns], 5h, m.m. castle (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/52 this coin; BCW CA-6/7/CA-c; North 1997; Spink 2562), chipped flan, crumpled surface, areas of blunder throughout, dark toning on the obverse, areas that are visible are bold, fair; and Fourth Issue, 1572, similar, 2.75g [42.44grns], 4h, m.m. ermine (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/53 this coin; BCW ER-1/ER-c; North 1997; Spink 2562), central devices flattened, clipped flan, reverse better, pleasing blue and golden toning to the obverse, fine; another, 1572, similar, 2.53g [39.04grns], 2h, m.m. ermine (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/54 this coin; BCW ER-1/ER-c; North 1997; Spink 2562), chipped flan, flattened portrait, pleasing rosy tone in legends, fine; another, 1572, similar, 2.55g [39.35grns], 4h, m.m. ermine (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/55 this coin; BCW ER-1/ER-c; North 1997; Spink 2562), flattened portrait, areas of blunder about the date and shield, toned, fine; another, 1572, similar, 2.46g [37.96grns], 7h, m.m. ermine (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/56 this coin; BCW ER-1/ER-c; North 1997; Spink 2562), very smoothed features, reverse better, date somewhat blundered, toned, fair to fine; another, 1573, similar, 2.57g [39.66grns], 10h, m.m. ermine (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/57 this coin; BCW ER-2/ER-e; North 1997; Spink 2562), slight bend in flan, attempted piercing, mottled appearance, reverse better, toned, fine; another, 1573, similar, 2.54g [39.20grns], 2h, m.m. ermine (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/58 this coin; BCW ER-2/ER-e; North 1997; Spink 2562), slight bend in flan, obverse legend blundered in parts, contact marked, pleasingly toned with aureate tones peeking through on portrait, fair to fine; another, 1573, similar, 2.64g [40.74grns], 2h, m.m. [?] (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/66 this coin; BCW [?]; North 1997; Spink 2562), wear about the legends and particularly to the obverse, X scratch in front of portrait, devices flattened, toned, fair; another, 1574, similar, 2.71g [41.82grns], 7h, m.m. acorn (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/59 this coin; BCW AC-2/AC-c; North 1997; Spink 2563), flattened portrait, scratched, bruised at rim, darkly toned on reverse, fine; another, 1575, similar, 2.65g [40.90grns], 4h, m.m. eglantine (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/60 this coin; BCW EG-2/EG-f; North 1997; Spink 2563), wear to the legends and portrait, toned both sides, scratch across obverse, fair to fine; another, 1575, similar, 2.63g [40.59grns], 11h, m.m. eglantine (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/61 this coin; BCW EG-2/EG-f; North 1997; Spink 2563), chipped and slightly bent flan in two places, contact marked, toned, fine; another, 1575, similar, 2.86g [44.14grns], 3h, m.m. eglantine (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/62 this coin; BCW EG-2/EG-f; North 1997; Spink 2563), chipped at 12 o'clock, flattened portrait, wear to some areas of the legend, appealing dark tone throughout, fine; another, 1575, similar, 2.86g [44.14grns], 3h, m.m. eglantine (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/62 this coin; BCW EG-2/EG-f; North 1997; Spink 2563), chipped at 12 o'clock, flattened portrait, wear to some areas of the legend, appealing dark tone throughout, fine; and Fifth Issue, 1578, similar, 2.49g [38.43grns], 2h, m.m. Greek cross (plain cross) (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/63 this coin; BCW CR-2/CR-d; North 2015; Spink 2572), clipped, flattened portrait, mottled appearance but otherwise a bold reverse, fair to fine; another, 1578, similar, 2.91g [44.91grns], 10h, m.m. Greek cross (plain cross) (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/64 this coin; BCW CR-2/CR-d; North 2015; Spink 2572), bent in two places, scratched, nicely toned, fair to fine; another, 1578, similar, 2.90g [44.75grns], 7h, m.m. Greek cross (plain cross) (PAS: DOR-180F98 = BM 2019 T966/65 this coin; BCW CR-2/CR-d; North 2015; Spink 2572), clipped/worn at 9 o'clock, flattened devices but reverse better, great detail to the shield, toned, fine (15)

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Sold for
£400

Starting price
£350