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360, Lot: 616. Estimate $250.
Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Shilling (30mm, 4.98 g, 3h). Sixth Issue. London mint; im: escallop. Struck 1584-1587. Crowned and mantled bust left; c/m: CORKE in rectanglar incuse / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 2014; SCBC 2577. For c/m: cf. SCBC 6562B. Fine. The countermark, though similar to that used for the coinage of the ‘cities in refuge,’ is likely a 19th-20th century addition rather than an original. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.