British Coins, Countermarked Issues

Elizabeth I, first issue, halfgroat, mm. lis (1558-60), wire line inner circles, bust 1G, plain dress between plain straps, ELIZABETH D G ANG FR Z HIB RE, rev. long cross fourchée over square shield, legend reads ADIVTOREM MEV, wt. 0.95gm. (S.2552; N.1987; Brown & Comber 1G; BCW p.37, this coin), edge chip from flan between 10-11 o’clock, slightly bent, otherwise, almost very fine and very rare
*ex R. Carlyon-Britton (1921), lot 245
R. C. Lockett III, Glendining, 5 November 1958, lot 3304 [1]
Purchased Baldwin 1986.