Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXV 22-23 Sep 2022
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Great Britain, Tudor. Elizabeth I AV Angel. Tower (London) mint. Second 'Restoration' Coinage, Third and Fourth Issue, 1 November 1573 - 25 May 1574. (acorn over ermine) ELIZABETH : D '. G '. ANG .' FR .' ET : HI ' REGINA, the Archangel Michael slaying dragon with cross-pommelled lance / (acorn over ermine) A : DNO : FACTVM : EST : ISTVD : ET : EST : MIRABI .' ship bearing coat-of-arms and cross over waves below; E - 🏵 across fields. SCBC 2515; HCN 341; North 1991/2; Montagu -; Murdoch -; Lockett 4091 (this coin); Brown & Comber C12, and pl. IX (this coin; cf. Comber I, 15; Schneider I, 765 (the overmark unrepresented). 5.03g, 28mm, 7h.
NGC graded UNC Details, reverse graffiti, in limited edition black 'Alderman Horace Hird' holder (6135299-006). Very Rare.
This coin published in I.D. Brown & C.H. Comber, Notes on the gold coinage of Elizabeth I (BNJ 59, 1989);
Ex Alderman Horace Hird (1899-1973) Collection, with old collector's ticket;
Ex "The Celebrated Collection formed by the late Richard Cyril Lockett Esq", Glendining & Co., 26-27 April 1960, lot 4091 (hammer: £130).
Brown and Comber record nine instances of this privy mark for denomination [not accounting for duplication] as listed in the Spink Numismatic Circular and Seaby Bulletin between 1937 and 1983. Challis records the mint output for this Pyx Period at £8,143, the lowest for the Second Restoration Coinage.
NGC graded UNC Details, reverse graffiti, in limited edition black 'Alderman Horace Hird' holder (6135299-006). Very Rare.
This coin published in I.D. Brown & C.H. Comber, Notes on the gold coinage of Elizabeth I (BNJ 59, 1989);
Ex Alderman Horace Hird (1899-1973) Collection, with old collector's ticket;
Ex "The Celebrated Collection formed by the late Richard Cyril Lockett Esq", Glendining & Co., 26-27 April 1960, lot 4091 (hammer: £130).
Brown and Comber record nine instances of this privy mark for denomination [not accounting for duplication] as listed in the Spink Numismatic Circular and Seaby Bulletin between 1937 and 1983. Challis records the mint output for this Pyx Period at £8,143, the lowest for the Second Restoration Coinage.