LOT 3360
Great Britain. Stuart, Charles I AE Farthing. 1625-1649.
London mint; i.m: mullet. CAROLV D G MA BRI, single-arched crown; below, two crossed sceptre handles / FRA ET HIB REX ★, crowned rose. Cf. SCBC 3204. Fine.(0.63gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.
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England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Sixpence. 1558-1603.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Tower (London) mint; i.m: Latin cross. Fifth issue; dated 1580. (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. 2.93gr, 25mm, 9h.
Near Fine. Graffito cross on both sides.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
The two scratches in form of a cross on both sides used to display hatred for Elizabeth I by a disgruntled Catholic. Elizabeth’s elder sister, Mary, was a Catholic and this led to the persecution of Protestants during her reign (1554-58). Sixpence coins of Elizabeth I occasionally bear this type of graffiti which may have been executed by Catholics as a protest after the demise of Mary. -
England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Threepence. 1558-1603.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Tower (London) mint; i.m: acorn. Third and Fourth issues; dated 1573. (Acorn) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET : HI .' REGINA, crowned bust to left, wearing ruff; rose before / (Acorn) POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM • MEV .', coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; date above. North 1998; SCBC 2566. 1.47gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
England. Tudor, Henry VII AR Halfgroat. 1485-1509.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Canterbury mint; i.m: tun. King and Archbishop John Morton jointly. Facing Bust issue, class IIIc. Struck 1495-1498. + (Tun) Һ[...]RA RЄX ANGL' Z, crowned facing bust within double polylobe / POSVI DЄV A-DIVTO-Є ᙏЄV' and CIVI-TAS CAꞂ-TOR, long cross fourchée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1712; SCBC 2211. 1.33gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Norfolk, UK.
