Lot Archive

Lot

№ 52

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24 April 1996

Hammer Price:
£1,100

Elizabeth I, Milled Coinage, Half-Pound, m.m. star, large broad bust D with elaborate dress, curly Z in legend, 5.52gm (Borden/Brown 4; Brown/Comber L4; N. 2019/3; S. 2543). Light crimp marks in obverse field, about very fine, reverse better, very rare (£900-1200)

Struck in 1564; only one other coin from these dies noted by Borden, Brown and Comber, namely a specimen in the British Museum