British Coins, Countermarked Issues

Elizabeth I, first issue, halfgroat, mm. lis (1558-60), wire line inner circles, bust 1G, ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA Z HIB REG, rev. long cross fourchée over square shield, legend reads ADIVTOREM MEV, wt. 0.91gm. (S.2552; N.1987; Brown & Comber 1G), flan cracked, fair to fine, very rare
*ex Abbot, purchased privately in the late 1930s
R. C. Lockett III, Glendining, 15 October 1956, lot 2026 [2]