Large Bust

CNG 105, Lot: 1221. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Sixpence (25mm, 2.88 g, 5h). Third coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: pheon. Dated 1564/2. Crowned bust 3E left; rose behind / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; 15 64/2 above. BCW BA-9B/BA-n6; North 1997; SCBC 2561B. Good VF, dark toning with hints of green and gold, very slightly double struck. Rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Review XL.1 (Spring 2015), no. 996953; R.A. Shuttlewood Collection (Spink 151, 15 March 2001), lot 337.