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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 679

(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Seventh Issue, Gold Crown [of 5-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 14 May 1602 - 24 March 1603), Tower (London), (m.m.) : ELIZAB .' D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGI.', crowned bust 8C left, rev. (m.m.) : SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EA .', pellet stops, crowned shield of arms, E-R at sides, 2.656g [40.98grns], 10h, m.m. 2 (Bergne 603 = Rostron 158 = Clark 163 = Murdoch 598 = Huth 80 = Clarke-Thornhill 95 = Raynes 160 = Slaney 6 = Comber I, 42; Schneider I, 817 same dies; Brown & Comber H24; North 2010; S.2541), hairline split and day-light spot at 2 o'clock in obverse legend, and with an unfortunate dig to field above the R on reverse, otherwise an outstandingly uniform and even round striking, extremely fine or very near so, of the greatest rarity and with a supreme pedigree, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534362-014)

Provenance

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


M Amstell, by private treaty, 1989 - £2,850


Dupree?


Richard Cyril Lockett, Part III, Glendining, 4-6 November 1958, lot 3296* - "very fine and very rare" - £45.0.0 [Spink]


Spink, by private treaty, 1915 - £3.10.0


Sir John Evans, collection dispersed through Spink, from 1908



https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8534362-014/NGCDetails/


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Sold for
£8,000

Starting price
£8000