Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1999. Estimate $15000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $22000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Sovereign (15.20 gm). Second issue, second period, 1585-1587. London mint. Elizabeth seated facing on elaborate throne, holding sceptre and orb, portcullis below; mm: scallop / Royal coat-of-arms on Tudor rose. Schneider 780; North 2003; SCBC 2529. EF. Remarkable example of an early sovereign. ($15,000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Christie's (11 October 1983), lot 216 (and cover coin).