TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Half Pound (31mm, 5.54 g, 3h). Sixth issue. Tower (London) mint; im: woolpack. Struck 1594-1595. (woolpack) ELIZABETH · D’· G’· ANG · FRA’· ET · HI’· REGINA ·, crowned bust left, wearing ruff / (woolpack) SCUTUM : FIDEI : PROTEGET : EAM, crowned coat-of-arms; E R flanking. Brown & Comber G26 corr. (only Lockett specimen with R over B); Schneider 810 (same dies); North 2009; SCBC 2535A. Small edge split. Toned. Near EF.
From the James & Martha Robertson Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 704969 (February 1998); Spink 75 (29 March 1990), lot 197 (‘an attractive coin’); Spink Numismatic Circular, LXXXIII.11 (Nov. 1975), no. 9950.
Price realized | 19'000 USD |
Starting price | 6'000 USD |
Estimate | 10'000 USD |