The Sanders Collection of Early Milled Coins

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Patterns, Pattern Threepence, 1575, mm. mullet, elizabeth d g ang fra & hib regina, crowned bust left, rose behind, rev. posvi dev adivtorem mev, cross over shield, date above, 1.55g/6h (Borden & Brown 52 [O1/R1], this coin cited; DIG type 34, 1/A, this coin cited; N 2048). Extremely fine and toned, extremely rare £20,000-£26,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sanders Collection of Early Milled Coins.

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Rev. T.F. Dymock Collection, Sotheby Auction, 1-4 June 1858, lot 271
Capt. R.M. Murchison Collection, Sotheby Auction, 27 June - 1 July 1864, lot 195
S. Addington Collection (purchased by Montagu in 1883)
H. Montagu Collection, Sotheby Auction, 13-19 November 1896, lot 130
J.G. Murdoch Collection, Sotheby Auction, 31 March - 4 April 1903, lot 663, ‘a gem’
Sir John Evans Collection
R.C. Lockett Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 11-17 October 1956, lot 2057
R. Carlyon-Britton Collection
bt Seaby February 1959 (£200)