Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXV 22-23 Sep 2022
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Great Britain, Tudor. Elizabeth I AV Angel. Tower (London) mint. Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue, 1 February 1592- 8 May 1594. (tun) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR '• ET • HI .' REGINA, the Archangel Michael slaying dragon with cross-pommelled lance / (tun) A : DNO : FACTVM : EST : ISTVD : ET : EST ' MIRARI ', ship bearing coat-of-arms and cross over waves below; E - 🏵 across fields. SCBC 2531; HCN 110; North 2005; Montagu -; Murdoch -; Lockett 4092; Brown & Comber C42; Comber II, 125; Schneider I, 786-790 (this mintmark unrepresented). 5.13g, 30mm, 9h.
NGC graded MS 62, in limited edition black 'Alderman Horace Hird' holder (6135299-008).
Ex Alderman Horace Hird (1899-1973) Collection, with old collector's ticket;
Privately purchased from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 31 August 1959 (£18).
Brown and Comber record twelve 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 £46,973.
NGC graded MS 62, in limited edition black 'Alderman Horace Hird' holder (6135299-008).
Ex Alderman Horace Hird (1899-1973) Collection, with old collector's ticket;
Privately purchased from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 31 August 1959 (£18).
Brown and Comber record twelve 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 £46,973.