CNG 108, Lot: 1157. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Pound (33.5mm, 10.99 g, 6h). Seventh issue. Tower mint; im: 2. Struck 1602-1603. 2 : ELIZABETH · D’ · G’ · ANG’ · FRA’ · ET · HIB’ · REGINA ·, crowned bust (B&C type 8A) left / 2 : SCVTVM · FIDEI · PROTEGET · EAM ·, crowned royal shield with ornate border; E R flanking. Brown & Comber F24; Schneider 806; North 2008; SCBC 2539. VF, a little soft on portrait, light graffiti in fields. Rare final issue of reign.