British Coins

Elizabeth I, third issue, half angel, mm. coronet (1567-70), beaded inner circles, St. Michael slaying the dragon, ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA, rev. ship bearing shield, sailing r., cross, E and rose above, A DNO FACTVM EST ISTVD ET EST MIRA, pellet stops, wt. 2.45gms. (S.2517; N.1992/1; Schneider -; Brown & Comber D3, this coin), good very fine, struck slightly off-centre, complete legends, only one other believed to be known
*ex P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton
V. J. E. Ryan, Glendining, 28 June 1950, lot 298
H. Hird, Glendining, 30 May 1961, lot 39
Christie’s, 26 February 1981, lot 601
St. James’s Auction 28, lot 98