British Coins

Elizabeth I, third issue, ‘crown gold’ coinage, halfcrown, mm. lion (1567), crowned bust 4D left, ELIZABETH D G AN FR ET HI REGINA, rev. crowned shield of arms, E R at sides, SCVTVM FIDEI PROTEGET EAM, single and double stops, wt. 1.41gms. (S.2524A; N.1996; Schneider -; Brown & Comber J9), struck on an irregular flan, a little creased, otherwise about very fine, exceedingly rare
*ex T. B. Clarke Thornhill, Glendining, 24 May 1937, lot 97
W. L. Raynes, Glendining, 15 February 1950, lot 162
H. Hird, Glendining, 30 May 1961, lot 61
B. R. Noble, Glendining, 12 December 1975, lot 567
Property of a Gentleman, Spink 104, 6 July 1994, lot 180
Barry Allen Collection, DNW, 24 September 2008, lot 3449
Not represented in the Schneider Collection.