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First issue Sovereigns
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First issue of Fine Gold, Sovereign of Thirty Shillings, mm. cross-crosslet (over lis on rev.) [1 January 1561 to 31 October 1562] ELIZABETH : D’· G’· ANG’· FRA’· ET HIBE’· REGINA :· Queen seated on ornamented throne, holding orb and sceptre; back of throne adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets, pillars decorated with five pellets, chained portcullis below breaking ornate tressure A : DNO’· FACTV’· EST · ISTV’· ET · EST · MIRA’· IN : OCVL’ · NRIS Royal arms in centre of Tudor rose 15.25g/235.3gr/7h Holloway 04-03A-005 [of 10 coins with mm. cross-crosslet (over lis on rev.) recorded by the late owner]; Brown/Comber A4, this coin listed; SCBI Schneider 730, same dies; AHH [Alderman Horace Hird] Virtual 64, this coin; N 1978; S 2512 Light scratch from I of MIRA across tressure to N of NRIS, some weakness in places on upper reverse edge, otherwise better than very fine on a full flan, good detail £20,000-£30,000 --- Provenance: R.C. Lockett Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 11-17 October 1956, lot 1949 A. von Thielau Collection, Jacques Schulman Auction 233 (Amsterdam), 28-31 March 1960, lot 1561 H. Hird Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 30 May 1961, lot 29 R. Strauss Collection, Sotheby Auction, 26 May 1994, lot 76
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First issue of Fine Gold, Sovereign of Thirty Shillings, mm. cross-crosslet (over lis on rev.) [1 January 1561 to 31 October 1562] ELIZABETH : D’· G’· ANG’· FRA’· ET HIBE’· REGINA :· Queen seated on ornamented throne, holding orb and sceptre; back of throne adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets, pillars decorated with five pellets, chained portcullis below breaking ornate tressure A : DNO’· FACTV’· EST · ISTV’· ET · EST · MIRA’· IN : OCVL’ · NRIS Royal arms in centre of Tudor rose 15.25g/235.3gr/7h Holloway 04-03A-005 [of 10 coins with mm. cross-crosslet (over lis on rev.) recorded by the late owner]; Brown/Comber A4, this coin listed; SCBI Schneider 730, same dies; AHH [Alderman Horace Hird] Virtual 64, this coin; N 1978; S 2512 Light scratch from I of MIRA across tressure to N of NRIS, some weakness in places on upper reverse edge, otherwise better than very fine on a full flan, good detail £20,000-£30,000 --- Provenance: R.C. Lockett Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 11-17 October 1956, lot 1949 A. von Thielau Collection, Jacques Schulman Auction 233 (Amsterdam), 28-31 March 1960, lot 1561 H. Hird Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 30 May 1961, lot 29 R. Strauss Collection, Sotheby Auction, 26 May 1994, lot 76
The George Holloway Collection of Fine Sovereigns of Elizabeth I
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