British Coins, Countermarked Issues

Elizabeth I, first issue, groat, mm. lis (1558-60), wire line inner circles, crowned bust 1F, ELIZABET D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI, rev. long cross fourchée over square shield, legend reads ADIVTORE EVM, wt. 2.05gms. (S.2550; N.1986; Brown & Comber 1F), slight edge chip, otherwise an excellent example, almost very fine, with this obverse reading extremely rare
*ex Morrieson
Abbot, purchased privately in the late 1930s
R. C. Lockett, Glendining, 15 October 1956, lot 2019
Dr. E. Burstal, Glendining, 15 May 1968, lot 178
Traded in 1987 with the late W. Wilkinson