Triton XX, Lot: 1576. Estimate $4000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Crown (42mm, 29.71 g, 9h). Seventh issue. Tower (London) mint; im: 1. Struck 1601. ELIZABETH : D : G : ANG : FRA : ET : HIBER : REGINA, bust 9A, crowned and draped left, holding lis-tipped scepter and orb, and wearing elaborate collar / POSVI : DEVM : AD IVTORE M : MEVM :, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Cooper dies C/3; BCW 1-1/1-a5; North 2012; SCBC 2582. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular XCVIII.2 (March 1990), no. 1014.