Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fifth issue, 1578, mm. Greek cross, bust 5A, repunched 1 in date, 3.12g/4h (N 1997; S 2572). About very fine, toned £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Paul Cattermole Collection of Sixpences.

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Provenance: W.H. Pheatt Collection, Part II, BDW Auction 15, 6 September 1995, lot 348 (part) [from R. Margolis August 1969]; bt M. Trenerry December 1995.

Described in the Pheatt catalogue as 1578/7, the present cataloguer doubts that all the flat-topped 8s seen on the coins of 1568 and 1578 are the result of being struck over a 7, although it may be that this is how this odd style first occurred. By 1580, the normal round-topped figure is resumed, even on the 1580/79 overdates