290, Lot: 552. Estimate $100. Sold for $233. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Threepence (20mm, 1.47 g, 6h). Third-Fourth issues. London mint; im: pheon. Dated 1561. Crowned and mantled bust left; rose behind / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 1998; SCBC 2564. Near VF, toned, light marks.

From the Ridgegate Collection. Purchased in Macclesfield, circa 1972.