Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Groats (3), all mm. cross-crosslet, bust 1F, reads elizabeth d g an fr et hib regina, 1.89g/4h (BCW CC-1E:CC-b5); similar, but reads an fr et hi, 1.99g/12h (BCW CC-1H:CC-b3); similar, but reads an fr et hi re’, 1.99g/1h (BCW CC-1M:CC-b5; N 1986; S 2556) [3]. First fine, others good fine or better £240-£300

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 St James’s Auction 7, 11 February 2008, lot 109; second DNW Auction 64, 14 December 2004, lot 149; third found in Lincolnshire, bt M. Vosper October 2004