Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third issue, Sixpences (6), all 1565, mm. rose (over pheon on obv.), bust 1F, normal flan, Tudor rose, reads elizabeth d g ang fr et hi regina, 2.99g/4h (BCW RS-1:RS-b), mm. rose (5), similar but reads ang fr et hi, 2.79g/10h, similar but additionally reads regi’, 2.59g/12h (BCW RS-2B:RS-b, and var.), similar, read elizabeth d g an fr et hi regina, 2.81g/11h, 2.58g/6h, 2.50g/9h (BCW RS-2F:RS-b; N 1997; S 2561) [6]. First two and fourth good fine, others poor to fair, third excessively rare
£150-£200

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 M. Vosper June 2002; second bt C.H. Comber November 1999; third J. Gardiner Collection, DNW Auction 91, 16 March 2011, lot 228 (part); fourth DNW Auction 86, 16-17 June 2010, lot 976 (part); fifth bt KB Coins July 1995