British Coins: Third issue (1 November 1561 to 15 December 1571)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third issue, Sixpences (4), all 1563/2, mm. pheon, bust 1F, normal flan, Tudor rose, read elizabeth d g ang fr et hib regina, 3.14g/5h, 2.74g/7h; similar but read ang fr et hi, 2.63g/7h, 2.75g/9h (BCW BA-7C:BA-l1, 7, BA-7G:BA-l4, 7; N 1997; S 2561) [4]. Mostly about fine, third officially (?) pierced through centre £80-£100
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Provenance: First G. Slayter Collection, Spink Auction 140, 16 November 1999, lot 457 (part); second bt R. Lobel October 1991; third bt F.J. Rist June 2007; last bt Charing Cross Market November 1992