Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue, Sixpences (5), 1596 (4), mm. key (over woolpack on obv.), 2.82g/11h (BCW KY-1:KY-c1), mm. key (3), 2.86g/6h, 2.67g/6h, 9 of date over 6, 2.51g/8h (BCW KY-2:KY-c1, 1 var, 2), 1598/6, mm. key, 2.65g/2h, all bust 6C, read elizab d g ang fr et hib regi (BCW KY-2:KY-e; N 2015; S 2578B) [5]. Fair to good fine, some rare, the fourth extremely so £100-£150

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 from the Middleham (N. Yorkshire) Hoard, 1993, Spink Auction 109, 4 July 1995, lot 620 (part); second bt S.A. Bole October 1998; third bt C.H. Comber November 1999; fourth bt A. Cherry March 1989; last Baldwin Auction, 4 June 2016, lot 180 (part)