LOT 3877
England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Penny. Struck 1580-1581. London (Tower) mint; i.m: Latin cross. Fifth issue.
(Latin cross) E • D • G • ROSA • SINE • SPINA, crowned bust to left, wearing ruff / (Latin cross) CIVI-TAS LON-DON, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 2001; SCBC 2575. Near Fine.(0.42gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Sixpence. Dated 1580. Tower (London) mint; i.m: Latin cross. Fifth issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
(Latin cross) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET : HI .' REGINA, crowned bust to left, wearing ruff; rose behind / (Latin cross) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTORE-M • MEV '., coat-of-arms over cross fourchée; date above. North 1997; SCBC 2572. 2.56gr, 26mm, 11h.
Near Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Stuart, Charles I AR Shilling. Struck 1639-1640. Tower (under the King) mint; i.m: triangle. Group F; sixth large 'Briot's bust', type 4.4.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £43
(Triangle) · CAROLVS D G MAG BRI FRA · ET · HI .' REX ·, crowned sixth bust to left, wearing ruff; XII (mark of value) behind / (Triangle) · CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO ·, coat-of-arms over cross moline. North 2231; SCBC 2799. 5.91gr, 31mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
England. Tudor, Henry VIII, with Catherine of Aragon AV Crown of the Double Rose. Struck 1529-1532. Tower (London) mint; i.m: lis. Second coinage, crown gold.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
(Lis) ꞂЄnRIC 9ˣ VIII 9ˣ RVTILAnS ˣˣ ROSA ˣˣ SIЄ 'ˣ SPIA ', crowned double rose; crowned Ꞃ K flanking / (Lis) DЄI ˣˣ G 'ˣˣ R 'ˣˣ AGLIЄ 'ˣˣ Z ˣ FRAnC 'ˣ DnS 'ˣˣ ꞂIBЄRIЄ, crowned coat-of-arms; crowned Ꞃ K flanking. North 1788; SCBC 2274. 3.68gr, 25mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Found Wiltshire, UK, 2014. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-A78304Z.
The Portable Antiquities Scheme states: This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’.
