255, Lot: 446. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Penny (13mm, 0.58 g, 8h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: martlet. Struck 1560-1561. E · D · G · ROSA · S[I]NA · SPINA, bust 3H left, crowned and mantled / CIVI TAS LON DON, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. BCW MR-2/MR-a5; North 1988; SCBC 2558. Near VF, toned.
From the C.W. Pearson Collection; purchased from Spink, 31 March 1898 (with original ticket).