282, Lot: 454. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. CU Jeton (29mm, 4.47 g, 9h). Assistance given to the United Provinces. Of uncertain Dutch manufacture. Dated 1585. MACTE · ANI MI · ROSA · NECTARE · IMBVTA (
take courage, for the rose is imbued with nectar), Elizabeth enthroned right, presenting rose to two kneeling figures / · SPRETA · AMBROSIA · VESCITOR · FENO · 1585 (
despising ambrosia, he feeds upon hay), two Spaniards eating from a trough with an horse and ass. MI 133/86; Eimer 51; van Loon I, p. 355. VF, some roughness.