Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fourth issue, Sixpences (6), 1573 (3), all mm. eglantine (over acorn on rev.), 2.83g/3h, 2.96g/6h, 2.92g/11h (BCW EG-1:EG-a1, EG-1:EG-a2), 1574 (3), all mm. eglantine (over acorn on rev.), 2.83g/10h, 3.09g/6h, 2.60g/4h, all bust 5A, read elizabeth d g ang fr et hi regina (BCW EG-1:EG-c; N 1997; S 2563) [6]. Fair to good fine, mostly rare varieties £180-£220

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 R. Lobel November 1992; second bt Format October 1986; third Bonhams Auction, 12 September 1995, lot 198; fourth bt E.J. Brooks June 1991; fifth bt P. Finn November 1998; last bt C.D. Cooke September 1987