Triton XXI, Lot: 1438. Estimate $20000. Sold for $35000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Sovereign (43mm, 1h). Sixth issue. Tower (London) mint; im: escallop. 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 · ES·T · MIRAB · IN · OCVLIS · NRS’, royal shield in center of Tudor rose. Brown & Comber A11 (but no indication of scallop over A on rev.); Schneider –; North 2003; SCBC 2529. In NGC encapsulation, graded AU 55.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.