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TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. Pattern AR Threepence (20mm, 1.51 g, 6h). Milled coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: mullet. Dies by Derek Anthony(?). Dated 1575. Superb EF.
CNG Feature Auction 126
Lot: 1226.
Closing Date: May 29 2024 11:00 ET
British, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver
Estimate: $ 25 000
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TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. Pattern AR Threepence (20mm, 1.51 g, 6h). Milled coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: mullet. Dies by Derek Anthony(?). Dated 1575. ELIZABETH · D’· G’· ANG FRA & · HIB REGINA ★, crowned bust left, wearing ruff; rose to right / ★ POS VI · DEV’· AD IVTOREM MEV’·, plain cross over shield; · 15 75 · above. Borden & Brown 52 (O1/R1; this coin cited); North 2048. Richly toned with traces of underlying luster. Superb EF. A magnificent coin of the highest rarity.
Ex Saunders Collection, purchased from Seaby, February 1959; R. Carlyon-Britton Collection; R.C. Lockett (Part II, 11 October 1956), lot 2057; Sir John Evans Collection; J.G. Murdoch (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 31 March 1903), lot 663 (’a gem’); H. Montagu (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 13 November 1896), lot 130, purchased 1883; S. Addington Collection; R.M. Murchison (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 27 June 1864), lot 195; T.F. Dymock (Sotheby & Wilkinson, 1 June 1858), lot 271.
This beautiful coin belongs to a very small issue of pattern silver Sixpences and Threepences struck in 1574 and 1575 using the machinery installed in the mint by Eloy Mestrelle for his earlier milled coinage. The dies, most probably the work of Derek Anthony, were modeled on the earlier milled currency issues but engraved in much higher relief, portraying the Virgin Queen as Gloriana defined, wearing a richly jeweled dress and with flowing hair which prefigures Anthony’s later hammered gold portrait issues. Today only two Sixpences are known, both in museums. Four Threepences are recorded; one in the BM, another in the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Comber specimen, and the coin offered here which has a peerless pedigree and is also the finest known.
The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 126 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 28-29 May 2024. This lot is in Session Four, which will begin 29 May at 2 PM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
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