Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue, Shillings (3), all mm. woolpack, bust 6B, read elizab d g ang fr et hib regi (2), 5.82g/7h, 6.04g/11h (BCW WK-2:WK-b2, WK-2:WK-b7); similar, but reads elzab, 6.00g/1h (BCW WK-2:WK-b5; N 2014; S 2577) [3]. Fine or nearly so, but first officially pierced through centre and second scratched on obverse £100-£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 F.J. Rist March 1993; second bt KB Coins March 1999; third from the Middleham (N. Yorkshire) Hoard, 1993, Spink Auction 109, 4 July 1995, lot 717 (part), bt R. Lobel September 1995