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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 124

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Sixpence, 1562, Tower [Upper House], (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D • G • ANG • FRA • ET • HIB • REGINA, broader crowned bust left, with ornately decorated bodice, small rose behind, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEVM • ADIVTOREM • MEVM, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, • 1562 • above shield, 3.11g [47.99grns], 6h, m.m. star (North 2027; S.2596), some light hairlines, otherwise with a pleasing cabinet tone and lustrous, extremely fine

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Simon Willis Coins, by private treaty - £1,725

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