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Auction 180 9 Sep 2020
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British Coins: Fifth issue (1 October 1578 to 31 January 1582/3)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fifth issue, Pennies (2), mm. Greek cross, 0.48g/9h, mm. Latin cross, 0.44g/5h, both bust 5B, beaded inner circles, read e d g rosa sine spina (BCW CR-2:CR-a, LC-1:LC-a; N 2001; S 2575) [2]. Very fine or nearly so, toned £150-£200
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Provenance: First R. Blakey Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 219, 25 September 2013, lot 435 (sold as Latin cross over Greek cross); second bt J.S.J. Welsh June 1992.
The late owner doubted Spink's attribution of the first coin and, while the reverse mark is clearly double-struck, or more likely double-punched, it is not certain exactly what has happened
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fifth issue, Pennies (2), mm. Greek cross, 0.48g/9h, mm. Latin cross, 0.44g/5h, both bust 5B, beaded inner circles, read e d g rosa sine spina (BCW CR-2:CR-a, LC-1:LC-a; N 2001; S 2575) [2]. Very fine or nearly so, toned £150-£200
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Provenance: First R. Blakey Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 219, 25 September 2013, lot 435 (sold as Latin cross over Greek cross); second bt J.S.J. Welsh June 1992.
The late owner doubted Spink's attribution of the first coin and, while the reverse mark is clearly double-struck, or more likely double-punched, it is not certain exactly what has happened