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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 674

(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Medium Module, Half-Pound, 1560-1561, Upper House, Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGINA, plain Z, crowned bust E left, with flowing hair, wearing elaborate bodice, rev. (m.m) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EAM, crowned square-topped shield, dividing E-R, 5.548g [85.61grns], 5h, m.m. lys (Schneider I, 760; North 2019/4; S.2543), minor crimping through flan and with a touch of resulting softness to hair, nonetheless with a richer ochre-blue cabinet tone to lustrous surfaces, almost extremely fine, rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8536700-013)

Provenance

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


Sotheby's, May 1987, lot 165 - £2,100


Richard Duncan Beresford-Jones, Spink 29, 2 June 1983, lot 78 - "slight crease mark, about extremely fine and rare"



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8536700-013/NGCDetails/

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Sold for
£17,000

Starting price
£4000