Second issue of Fine Gold, Sovereign of Thirty Shillings, mm. escallop [14 February 1585 to 30 May 1587]

ELIZABETH · D’· G’· ANG’· FRA’· ET · HIB’· REGINA ·, pellet to right of mint-mark, from the same die as previous
Queen seated on ornamented throne, holding orb and sceptre; back of throne adorned with fine lattice work enclosing pellets, pillars decorated with annulets and single pellets, chained portcullis below breaking ornate tressure, from the same die as previous

A · DNO’· FACTV’· EST · ISTVD · ET · EST · MIRAB’· IN · OCVLIS · NRIS’·
Royal arms in centre of Tudor rose

15.10g/233.0gr/6h

Holloway 09-10-005 [of 6 coins with this die combination recorded by the late owner]; Brown/Comber A17; SCBI Schneider 780-1; N 2003; S 2529

Good very fine, excellent detail, red tone £20,000-£30,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The George Holloway Collection of Fine Sovereigns of Elizabeth I.

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Provenance:
J. Pierpont Morgan Collection
T.F. Ryan Collection
with Art Trading Co (New York) January 1959
Sotheby Auction (New York), 8-9 December 1992, lot 154