The George Holloway Collection of Fine Sovereigns of Elizabeth I

Second issue of Fine Gold, Sovereign of Thirty Shillings, mm. escallop (over Lombardic A on obv.) [14 February 1585 to 30 May 1587]

ELIZABETH : D’· G’· ANG’· FRA’· ET : HIB’· REGINA :, colon to right of mint-mark
Queen seated on ornamented throne, holding orb and sceptre; back of throne adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets, pillars decorated with single pellets, chained portcullis below breaking ornate tressure, from the same die as previous

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

15.32g/236.4gr/10h

Holloway 07A-14-001 [of 9 coins with mm. escallop (over Lombardic A on obv.) recorded by the late owner]; Brown/Comber A10/A12; SCBI Schneider 779, same obv. die; N 2003; S 2529

Detail of face and upper part of portcullis flat, otherwise very fine, toned £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:
Glendining Auction, 28 June 1954, lot 39
bt Baldwin July 1989