308, Lot: 533. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Threepence (20mm, 1.43 g, 7h). Fourth issue. London mint; im: plain cross. Dated 1578. Crowned bust (4B) left; rose behind / Coat-of-arms over cross fourchée. North 1998; SCBC 2573. Near VF, toned, a few light scratches.

From the D. Shuttleworth Collection.