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AU53 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue [Fine Gold], Double Rose Noble or 'Fine Sovereign' [of 30-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 1 June 1587 - 31 January 1590), Tower, ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG .' | FRA •' ET • HIB '. REGINA • (m.m.) Queen seated on ornamented throne with very fine latice work and annulet backing, holding orb and sceptre, holding orb and sceptre, flanked by double-pellet and annulet-adorned pillars, Portcullis below atop ornate tressure through which it and only her crown breaks, rev. (m.m.) A • DNO • FACTV .' EST • ISTVD ET • EST • MIRAB •' IN • OCVL ' NRS .' Royal Shield set atop Tudor Rose, spandrels plain, 15.30g [236.1grns], 8h, m.m. crescent over scallop (HCN 340; Brown and Comber A20 [Type ii d]; Lockett 4089 this coin; Schneider I, - [cf. 779-783] this m.m. unrepresented; North 2003; Spink 2529), the portrait struck soft, otherwise an attractive old cabinet tone, almost very fine, a rare variety and an historic issue, current for the year of the Spanish Armada, in NGC 'Horace Hird' holder, graded AU53 (Cert. #6135299-048).
Provenance
A Lost Parcel from the Celebrated Horace Hird Collection
R C Lockett, Part IV, Glendining, 26-27 April 1960, lot 4089 - £300.0.0
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Brown and Comber record seven instances of this privy mark for denomination as listed in the Spink Numismatic Circular and Seaby Bulletin between 1937 and 1983. Challis records the mint output for this Pyx Period at £46,973 for Fine Gold.
Estimate: £10000 - £15000