142, Lot: 330. Estimate $75. Sold for $47. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Halfgroat (16mm, 0.97 g, 3h). Third coinage. Tower mint (London), i.m. key. Struck 1595-1598. Crowned and draped bust left; two pellets at right / Royal shield over long cross, splayed ends. North 2016; SCBC 2579. Near VF, toned, marks under tone.

North’s third issue covers 1583-1603; SCBC’s fifth issue covers 1582-1600