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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 556

NGC UNC | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Medium Module, Half-Pound, 15 February 1564 - 1 September 1568, Tower, (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGINA, curly Z in ELIZABETH, crowned bust E left, with flowing hair, wearing elaborate bodice, rev. (m.m) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EAM, crowned square-topped shield, dividing E-R, edge grained, diameter 28.5mm., 5.538g [85.0grns], 5h, m.m. lys (Schneider I, 760; Brown & Comber BC 2, L5 [BB6]; North 2019/4; S.2543), small area of graffiti above crown on reverse, minor die flaw to the forehead and evidence of die rusting to the obverse, nevertheless a crisp and pleasingly uniform strike, lustrous and with a light golden hue, a most charming extremely fine, very rare and with a splendid pedigree!, in NGC holder, graded UNC Details ~ Reverse Graffiti (Cert. #8220520-002)

Provenance

The "Estafefette No. 21" Collection of Ancient, English and World Coins

D'Amelia, Spink 91, 1 May 1992, lot 30 - 'extremely fine and rare' - £2,500

"A Small Group of Early English and Scottish Milled Gold Coins", Glendining, 18 November 1970, lot 2 -"extremely fine and rare"

Rev. W L Gantz, Second Collection, Second Portion, Glendining, 23-27 June 1941, lot 1203* - "very fine" - £26.0.0 [House Commission]

R Huth, First Portion, Glendining, 4-7 April 1927, lot 88* - "very fine and extremely rare" - £15.10.0 [Gantz]



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