British Coins; Fourth issue (19 April 1572 to 13 July 1578)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fourth issue, Sixpences (3), all 1573, mm. eglantine (over acorn on rev.), bust 5A, large shield (2), 2.90g/4h, 2.89g/4h, normal shield, 2.82g/12h, all read elizabeth d g ang fr et hi regina (BCW EG-1:EG-a1; EG-1:EG-a2; N 1997; S 2563) [3]. Last poor, others fine or better, all rare varieties £100-£120
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Provenance: First Glendining Auction, 18 June 1975, lot 228 (part), DNW Auction 57, 19 March 2003, lot 224 (part), bt M.P. Senior March 2003; second bt N.P. Tooley November 1998; third from the Middleham (N Yorkshire) Hoard, 1993, Spink Auction 109, 4 July 1995, lot 613 (part), exchanged with R.A. Shuttlewood August 1995