British Coins; Fourth issue (19 April 1572 to 13 July 1578)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fourth issue, Threefarthings, 1573, mm. ermine, bust 5B, reads e d g rosa sine spina, 0.31g/11h (BCW ER-2:ER-c; N 2002; S 2571). With the apparently contemporary removal of the rose and partial erasure of the date to pass in circulation as a Penny, good fine, dark tone, unusual and very rare £60-£80
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Provenance: DNW Auction 157, 21 February 2019, lot 266