Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fifth issue, Threepences (3), all 1580, mm. Latin cross (over inverted Latin cross on obv.), bust 4D, reads elizabeth d g ang fr et hi regina, 1.39g/11h (BCW LC-2:LC-c; DIG –/B); normal mm., apostrophes only on rev., 1.43g/10h (BCW LC-2:LC-c; DIG 2/E); similar, 8 of date over 1, 1.27g/4h (LC-2:LC-c; DIG 2/A; N 1998; S 2573) [3]. Fair to fine, the varieties scarce
£80-£100

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 Charing Cross Market September 2013; second bt A. Cherry June 2004; third bt G. Monk May 1996