Details
LOT 3859
England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Sixpence. Dated 1573. Tower (London) mint; i.m: ermine. Fourth issue.
(Ermine) ELIZABETG D .G .' ANG • FR • ET • HI REGINA, crowned bust to left, wearing ruff; rose behind / (Ermine) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTORE-M • MEV .', coat-of-arms over cross fourchée; date above. North 1997; SCBC 2562. Near Fine.(2.37gr, 25mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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