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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 668

(x) NGC AU58 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue [Fine Gold], Angel, (Pyx Period: 1 June 1587 - 31 January 1590), Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET • HI REGINA •, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO : FACTVM : EST : ISTVD : ET : EST : MIRABI•' ship with bowsprit, surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing E and Rose, 5.105g [78.78grns], 8h, m.m. crescent (Schneider I, 790; North 2005; S.2531), obverse struck from slightly juddered die, otherwise with a pleasant cabinet tone on a full round flan, an attractive and bolder very fine, a supreme example of this 'Armada Year' issue, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8536700-009)

Provenance

The "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins


Sotheby, 28 May 1987, lot 163* - £400



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8536700-009/58/

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Sold for
£10,000

Starting price
£3000