Elizabeth I, milled coinage, gold crown, mm. lis (1567-68), crowned bust E left, ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA, rev. crowned shield of arms, ER at sides, SCVTVM FIDI:EI PROTEGET EAM, toothed borders, pellet stops, edge serrated, wt. 2.77gms. (S.2544; N.2020/3; Lockett 2040; Schneider 762; Borden & Brown 9 (O1/R1); Brown & Comber M3), probably the finest known, good extremely fine and extremely rare
*ex J. Halliburton Young, Sotheby's, 7 April 1881, lot 190
G. W. E. Bieber, Sotheby's, 13 May 1889, lot 99
H. Webb, Sotheby's, 9 July 1894, lot 346
H. Clark, Sotheby's, 23 May 1898, lot 169
T. Bliss, Sotheby's, 15 May 1916, lot 306
V. M. Brand, collection widely dispersed from 1932
Major G. S. M. Burton, Glendining, 18 November 1970, lot 4
D. Dupree Collection, dispersed by Spink from 1989
SNC July/August 1990 (4216)
(20000-25000 GBP)