Lot 303
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Elizabeth I, Shilling, 5.93g., first issue, m.m. lis, wire line inner circles, bust 1A, large bust with plain dress between beaded straps, ELIZABET D G ANG FRAN Z HIB REGINA, triangle of pellets after REGINA, rev long cross fourchee over square shield, POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM (Brown & Comber, BNJ 1988 p.93, 1A and pl.26 1A (same obv. die); N.1985; S.2548), a full round specimen, toned with an attactive portrait, very fine, very rare thus
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Elizabeth I, Shilling, 5.93g., first issue, m.m. lis, wire line inner circles, bust 1A, large bust with plain dress between beaded straps, ELIZABET D G ANG FRAN Z HIB REGINA, triangle of pellets after REGINA, rev long cross fourchee over square shield, POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM (Brown & Comber, BNJ 1988 p.93, 1A and pl.26 1A (same obv. die); N.1985; S.2548), a full round specimen, toned with an attactive portrait, very fine, very rare thus

Details
Elizabeth I, Shilling, 5.93g., first issue, m.m. lis, wire line inner circles, bust 1A, large bust with plain dress between beaded straps, ELIZABET D G ANG FRAN Z HIB REGINA, triangle of pellets after REGINA, rev long cross fourchee over square shield, POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM (Brown & Comber, BNJ 1988 p.93, 1A and pl.26 1A (same obv. die); N.1985; S.2548), a full round specimen, toned with an attactive portrait, very fine, very rare thus
Provenance
F A Walters, Sotheby, 26 May 1913, lot 572
H W Morrieson, Sotheby, 20 November 1933, lot 321 (part)
R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 2004
R Carlyon-Britton, collection purchased by Seaby, 1959
Spink Auction 6, 10 October 1979, lot 594
Special notice
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