Mint State Elizabeth I Sovereign

Triton XXI, Lot: 1437. Estimate $25000. Sold for $45000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Sovereign (43mm, 15.19 g, 5h). Sixth issue. Tower (London) mint; im: escallop (over A on reverse). Struck 1584-1586. ELIZABETH · D’ · G’ · ANG’ · FRA’ · ET : HIB’ · REGINA · (escallop), Elizabeth, holding lis-tipped scepter in left hand, right hand set on globus cruciger propped on her knee, seated facing on ornate throne with pellets on back and pillars with annulets and double pellets; all within tressure of arches; portcullis (with chains) below / (escallop) A · DNO’ · FACTV’ · EST · ISTVD · ET · EST · MIRAB’ · IN · OCVLIS · NRS, royal shield in center of Tudor rose. Brown & Comber A11; Schneider –; North 2003; SCBC 2529. In NGC encapsulation, graded MS 62. Lustrous. Rare in this grade.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection .