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Auction: 8012 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 679

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), fine gold coinage, 1559-1578, Half-Pound,, 5.63g, m.m. cross-crosslet, crowned bust left, elizabeth d g ang fra et hi regina, pellet stops, triple pellet after elizabeth, rev. scutum fidei protegit eam, crowned shield dividing er, (Schneider 738- same obverse die; N. 1982; S.2530), good portrait, slight weakness on crown, small mark in field above e on reverse, an attractive example, good very fine Estimate £ 2,500-3,500 provenance Bt. FJ Jeffery, Melksham, Wilts, 22 January 1962, £25-0-0.

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