The George Holloway Collection of Fine Sovereigns of Elizabeth I

Second issue of Fine Gold, Sovereign of Thirty Shillings, mm. escallop [14 February 1585 to 30 May 1587]

ELIZABETH · D’· G’· ANG’· FRA’· ET · HIB’· REGINA ·, pellet to right of mint-mark
Queen seated on ornamented throne, holding orb and sceptre; back of throne adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets in annulets, pillars decorated with pellets, chained portcullis below breaking ornate tressure

A · DNO’· FACTV’· EST · ISTVD · ET · EST · MIRAB’· IN . OCVLIS · NRS’·
Royal arms in centre of Tudor rose

15.23g/235.1gr/10h

Holloway 14-16-003 [of 3 coins with this die combination recorded by the late owner]; Brown/Comber A18 var.; SCBI Schneider 781, same dies; N 2003; S 2529

Edge crack between 4 and 5 o’clock and an edge nick at 8 o’clock, some minor discolouration and the letter ‘A’ scratched on Queen’s lower drapery, otherwise very fine with a good well-defined portrait, the balance of the drapery unusually clear £12,000-£15,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The George Holloway Collection of Fine Sovereigns of Elizabeth I.

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Provenance:
C.E. Gilhousen Collection, Part II, Superior Auction 9 (Los Angeles), 11-14 June 1973, lot 904
SNC November 1974 (7076)
UBS Auktion 14 (Basel), 29-30 January 1985, lot 1393
UBS Auktion 34 (Basel), 25-7 January 1994, lot 1886
bt Knightsbridge Coins November 1994