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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 114

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue [Fine Gold], Double Rose Noble or 'Fine Sovereign' [of 30-Shillings], 1584-1586, Tower, ELIZABETH • D .' G.' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGINA • (m.m.) •, Queen seated on ornamented throne with lattice work and pellet in annulet backing, holding orb and sceptre, flanked by pillars, Portcullis below atop ornate tressure through which it and only her crown breaks, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO '• FACTV .' EST • ISTVDET • EST • MIRAB •' INOCVLISNRS •', shield of arms at centre of full-blown rose, 15.18g [234.34grns], 4h, m.m. escallop (S.2529; N.2003; B&C. bust A18A), lightly cleaned and with bagmarking, softness through the central devices, otherwise on a pleasingly full flan, about very fine, the back of the throne is decorated with pellets in annulets - a hitherto unpublished variety

Provenance

K Bayford, by private treaty, 2014 - £22,500

SJA 30, 29 September 2014, lot 35 - £13,500

Spink-Taisei, 23 October 1991, lot 352

Stacks, 5 October 1963, lot 2400


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Estimate
£14,000 to £18,000

Starting price
£12000