British Coins, Countermarked Issues

Elizabeth I, first issue, groat, mm. lis (1558-60), wire line and beaded inner circles, bust 1F, ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI, rev. long cross fourchée over square shield, legend reads ADIVTOREM MEV, wt. 1.97gms. (S.2551; N.1986; Brown & Comber 1F), lightly creased, legends weakly struck in places, otherwise a good portrait, almost very fine
*ex H. A. Parsons, Glendining, 11 May 1954, lot 382 (1)
V. du Bedat Smythe, SCMB, January 1955