Details
LOT 3857
England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Sixpence. Dated 1578. Tower (London) mint; i.m: Greek cross. Fifth Issue.
(Greek cross) • ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET : HI .' REGINA •, crowned bust 5A to left, wearing ruff; rose behind / (Greek cross) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTORE-M • MEV .', coat-of-arms over cross fourchée; date above. North 1997; SCBC 2572. Near Fine.(2.83gr, 26mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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