Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third issue, Sixpences (5), all 1561, mm. pheon, bust 1F, normal flan, Tudor rose, small shield, read elizabeth d g an fr et hib regina (2), 2.87g/4h, 3.14g/12h (BCW BA-7B:BA-d1), similar but reads ang fr et hib, 2.73g/6h (BCW BA-7C:BA-d4), similar but read ang fr et hi (2), 2.86g/7h, 2.74g/4h (BCW BA-7G:BA-d5; N 1997; S 2561) [5]. First good fine, second good very fine but pierced, others about fine, some scarce £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 London Coin Fair November 1986; second The Collection of a Cambridge Scholar, DNW Auction 136, 8-9 June 2016, lot 121 (part); third bt G. Monk September 1991; last bt SPM Coins January 1996