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Auction: 15031 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins - Part 2
Lot: 295

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), first issue 1558-60, Angel, 5.11g, m.m. lis both sides, wire line inner circles both sides, elizabeth. d'. g'. ang'. fran'. z. hib'. regi'., round pellet stops, St Michael vanquishing Satan, rev. a. dno'. factvm. est. istvd. z. est. mirabi', small square pellet stops, e and rose, divided by cross, over plain square topped shield in centre of ship sailing to right (BC.C3; N.1979; cf. Schneider 731-732; S.2513), obverse die slightly worn otherwise an unusually well struck up example of this early issue, extremely fine, rare

provenance
W L Raynes, Glendining, 15-17 February 1950, lot 123 (illustrated), £20
Sir Kenyon Vaughn-Morgan, Sotheby, 17-18 June 1935, lot 59, £9.10/-
In the Raynes catalogue this coin is described as 'very fine and very rare variety'. In the Spink library copy the 'very fine' is crossed out and replaced with 'extremely fine'.


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