Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue, Pattern Shilling, by C. Anthony, mm. key (large on obv., small on rev.), bust 5, reads elizab d g ang fr et hib regi, plain shield, 5.90g/9h (BCW KY-4C:KY-c2; N 2044). Obverse fine, reverse good fine or better, very rare £1,500-£2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of Elizabeth I from the Collection Formed by Walter Wilkinson.

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Provenance: SCMB December 1969 (5093); G. Slayter Collection, Spink Auction 140, 16 November 1999, lot 384.

The success of Charles Anthony’s portraits on the crown gold denominations reintroduced in 1593 led to experiments with similar portraits on the silver, a series of handsome pattern shillings being produced c. 1596, but these portraits were never adopted