LOT 3861
England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Sixpence. Dated 1580. Tower (London) mint; i.m: Latin cross. Fifth issue.
(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. Near Fine.(2.56gr, 26mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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England. Tudor, Henry VIII AR Testoon. Struck 1544-1547. Southwark mint; i.m: S/S. Third coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
ҺEꞂRIC 9 8 D [G AꞂGL] FRA Z ҺIB REX S (trefoil stops), crowned facing bust / S CIVITAS LOꞂDOꞂ (sleeve stops), crowned rose; crowned h R flanking. Whitton 3; North 1842; SCBC 2367. 5.70gr, 34mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Toned. Edged chipped. Bold portrait of the King.
Found Lincolnshire, UK. -
England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Threepence. Dated 1573. Tower (London) mint; i.m: acorn. Third and Fourth issues.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
(Acorn) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET : HI .' REGINA, crowned bust to left, wearing ruff; rose before / (Acorn) POSVI DEV AD-IVTORE-M • MEV, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; date above. North 1998; SCBC 2566. 1.57gr, 19mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
England. Stuart, Charles I AR Halfgroat. Struck 1639-1640. Tower (London) mint; i.m: triangle. Group D, type 3a2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
(Triangle) • CAROLVS • D : G : M : B : F : ET • HIB : REX •, crowned bust to left, II (mark of value) behind / (Triangle) • IVSTITIA • THRONVM • FIRMAT •, coat-of-arms. Cf. North 2258; cf. SCBC 2832. 0.77gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
