Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third issue, Sixpences (6), all 1561, mm. pheon, bust 1F, normal flan, plain rose, small shield, reads elizabeth d g an fr et hib regina, 2.50g/3h (BCW BA-6E:BA-d1), similar but read an fr et hi (2), 2.57g/11h, 2.73g/8h (BCW BA-6H:BA-c1, BA-6H:BA-d4); similar (3) read ang fra et hi, Tudor rose, 2.66g/6h, 2.70g/9h, 3.13g/5h (BCW BA-7B:BA-c1, 2, BA-7B:BA-d3; N 1997; S 2561) [6]. First three poor to fair, last three fine or nearly so, mostly rare varieties £100-£120

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 KB Coins October 1991; second bt R. Lobel November 1992; third Middleham (N. Yorkshire) Hoard, 1993, Spink Auction 109, 4 July 1995, lot 616 (part), S.A. Bole Collection, Part IV, DNW Auction 92, 21 June 2011, lot 335 (part); fourth bt F.J. Rist June 1994; fifth K.A. Jacob Collection, Baldwin Auction 7, 2 May 1996, lot 486 (part), bt M.P. Senior October 1996; last bt P. Finn November 1998