The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins & Tokens formed by Marvin Lessen

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fourth issue, Threepence, 1573, mm. acorn, bust 4D, stop after adivtorem, 1.64g/4h (DIG 1i/B, rev. die not listed; BCW AC-1; N 1998; S 2566). Good very fine, toned £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: DNW Auction 85, 17 March 2010, lot 389 (part); bt A. Worby September 2011.

The recent publication by David Greenhalgh of newly-noted dies for the 1574 acorn-marked threepence (BNS Blog, November 2019) demonstrates that there are still discoveries to be made in this area of numismatics