Second issue of Fine Gold, Sovereign of Thirty Shillings, mm. Lombardic A (over cross-crosslet on rev.) [20 April 1584 to 13 February 1585]

ELIZABETH · D’· G’· ANG’· FRA’· ET · HIB’· REGINA ·
Queen seated on ornamented throne, holding orb and sceptre; back of throne adorned with fine lattice work enclosing annulets, pillars decorated with lis and quatrefoils of pellets, chained portcullis below breaking ornate tressure

A : DNO’· FACTV’· EST · ISTVD : ET · EST · MIRAB’· IN : OCVLIS · NRIS’
Royal arms in centre of Tudor rose, from the same die as previous

15.25g/235.4gr/6h

Holloway 05-04A-002 [of 3 coins with mm. Lombardic A (over cross-crosslet on rev.) recorded by the late owner]; Brown/Comber A7; SCBI Schneider –; RCL 1950, same dies; N 2003; S 2529

Smoothed on face and upper body and removed from a ring mount, otherwise better than fine, extremely rare; only 3 specimens known using an old reverse die of the First issue £5,000-£7,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The George Holloway Collection of Fine Sovereigns of Elizabeth I.

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Provenance:
Abner Kreisberg/Jerry Cohen Auction 30 (Beverly Hills), 10 September 1973, lot 156
Spink Zurich Auktion 1 (Zurich), 6 June 1979, lot 179