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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 5

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), fifth issue, Sovereign, 15.29g., queen enthroned holding orb and sceptre, portcullis at feet, tressure unbroken by throne, back of throne and uprights decorated with pellets, rev. square-topped shield on Tudor rose, pellet stops, m.m. A (Brown & Comber A9; Schneider 778 (same dies); N.2003; S.2529), a beautiful specimen with a delicate portrait, neatly struck on a round flan, extremely fine, one of the finest known examples of this rare mintmark Estimate £8,000-10,000 provenance: T B Clarke Thornhill, Glendining, 24 May 1937, lot 79 A T Carter, those coins not bequeathed to Christ Church, Oxford, were purchased by Baldwin, 1946

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