Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fourth issue, Threefarthings (2), 1573, mm. eglantine, bust 5B, reads e d g rosa sine spina, 0.38g/12h (BCW EG-1:EG-a1; Cooke –), 1574, similar, 7 of date double-punched, 0.36g/5h (BCW EG-2:EG-c; Cooke 827; N 2002; S 2571) [2]. First very fine but surfaces corroded, second good fine, both rare £120-£150

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: First bt N. Mills September 2012; second H. Carmichael Collection, DNW Auction 123, 11-12 June 2014, lot 192 (part)