British Coins
Elizabeth I, third issue, ‘crown gold’ coinage, half pound, mm. lion (1567), crowned bust 3E left, ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA, rev. crowned shield of arms, E R at sides, SCVTVM FIDEI PROTEGET EAM, single and double stops, wt. 5.50gms. (S.2520A; N.1994; Schneider 743, same dies; Brown & Comber G14), flan slightly jagged at 3 o’clock, sharply struck, very fine, an attractive example and very rare
*ex Spink 38, 10 - 11 October 1984, lot 10
Clarendon, part 2, Bonhams, 17 October 2006, lot 988
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Elizabeth I, third issue, ‘crown gold’ coinage, half pound, mm. lion (1567), crowned bust 3E left, ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA, rev. crowned shield of arms, E R at sides, SCVTVM FIDEI PROTEGET EAM, single and double stops, wt. 5.50gms. (S.2520A; N.1994; Schneider 743, same dies; Brown & Comber G14), flan slightly jagged at 3 o’clock, sharply struck, very fine, an attractive example and very rare
*ex Spink 38, 10 - 11 October 1984, lot 10
Clarendon, part 2, Bonhams, 17 October 2006, lot 988
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