Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1259. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Half Pound (5.30 g, 6h). First issue. Tower mint. Struck 1560-1561. B&C bust 3C; im: cross crosslet / Crowned royal shield; E R flanking, im: cross crosslet. Brown & Comber G7; cf. Schneider 738; North 1982; SCBC 2520. Good VF, area of flat strike, very light marks in field on reverse.