| Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 114 Price realized: 1,800 GBP (Approx. 2,262 USD / 2,101 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First 'Tentative' Coinage, Third and Fourth Issue [Crown Gold], Crown [of 5 Shillings], 1565, Tower, ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET : HI .' REGINA, crowned bust 1F left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTIVM . FIDEI . PROTEGET : EAM, crowned square-topped shield dividing E-R, 2.76g [42.6grns], 2h, m.m. rose over crosslet/rose (cf. Schneider I, 749; Brown & Comber H6; North 1995; Spink 2522A), one or two creases and some edge chipping, surfaces somewhat dull from corrosion, specific variety not listed in Schneider, the overmark very rare, about very fine. Provenance, Bruun Rasmussen 2403, 21 January 2024, lot 5258, Bruun Rasmussen 916, 7 November 2023, lot 223, SJA 24, 23 September 2013, lot 56 - £1,100, Estimate: £800 - £1200 |  |
