290, Lot: 554. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Threepence (19mm, 1.65 g, 2h). Third-Fourth issues. London mint; im: eglantine. Dated 1574. Crowned and mantled bust left; rose behind / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 1998; SCBC 2566. VF, toned, minor marks.

From the Ridgegate Collection. Purchased from Seaby, March 1970.