Triton XX, Lot: 1575. Estimate $10000. Sold for $27500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Sovereign (43mm, 15.38 g, 3h). Sixth issue. Tower (London) mint; im: escallop (over A on obverse). Struck 1584-1586. (escallop) : ELIZABETH : D’ · G’ · ANG’ · : FRA’ · ET : HIB’ : REGINA :, Elizabeth seated facing on ornate throne, holding lis-tipped scepter in left hand, right hand set on globus cruciger propped on her knee; all within tressure of arches; portcullis (with chains) below / (escallop) · A : DNO’ · FACTV’ · EST · ISTVD · ET · EST · MIRAB · IN · OCVLIS · NRIS’ ·, royal shield in center of Tudor rose. Brown & Comber A10; Schneider 779 (same obv. die); North 2003; SCBC 2529. Good VF, a little soft on queen’s face otherwise well struck with an attractive golden tone.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex El Dorado 9 (14 September 1985), lot 60.