Watch List notes:

Elizabeth I, first issue, groat, mm. lis (1558-60), wire line and beaded inner circles, bust 1G, very small bust, plain dress between plain straps, ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI, rev. long cross fourchée over small square shield, legend reads ADIVTOREM MEV, wt. 2.06gms. (S.2551A; N.1986, Brown & Comber 1G), obverse legend not struck up between 10 and 1 o'clock, weak on bodice, otherwise a good portrait, very fine, rare
*ex H. A. Parsons, Glendining, 11 May 1954, lot 382 [part]
R. Carlyon-Britton [1959] EL932
Purchased Spink, 1977.
(350-450 GBP)