| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1213 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The Geoffrey Cope Collection of British Coins. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. Pattern CU Penny (18mm, 1.96 g, 6h). Dated 1601. · + THE · * · · PLEDGE * OF + ·, crowned facing bust, wearing elaborate ruffled collar / · · A · PEN NY · ·, crowned monogram of Elizabeth; 16 01 flanking. A struck example. B&C P8; North 2051; Peck 4. A delightful coin. Rich chocolate tone with hint of original red. EF. Extremely rare in copper. Ex Slaney (Part I, Spink 163, 15 May 2003, lot 32 ('a gemlike coin... in mint state'); R.C. Lockett (English Part II, Glendining, 11 October 1956), lot 2059; A.W. Foster (Glendining's, 19 October 1953), lot 1; J.O. Manton (Sotheby's, 19 February 1947), lot 69; J.G. Murdoch (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 31 March 1903), lot 675; H.Montagu (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 7 May 1888), lot 256; W. Brice Collection. The finest of possibly only three in private hands with a further three recorded by Peck in museum collections. Estimate: 5000 CHF |  |
