Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fifth issue, Pound, mm. woolpack, annulet stops, legend reads hib, 11.05g/7h (Brown/Comber F6, this specimen listed; SCBI Schneider 799, same obv. die; N 2008; S 2534). An exceptional example, extremely fine with an attractive tone (£2,500-3,000)

Provenance:
R.C. Lockett Collection, Glendining Auction, 11-17 October 1956, lot 1982
bt Spink

This is the plate coin in Gerald Hoberman, The Art of Coins, 1981, p.137, pl.208. The provenance given in the Lockett catalogue is believed incorrect