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1558 - 60 Elizabeth I Wire lline mm Lis Groat
£640
Elizabeth I, first issue, groat, mm. lis (1558-60), wire line inner circles, crowned bust 1F, ELIZABET D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI, rev. long cross fourchée over square shield, legend reads ADIVTORE EVM, wt. 2.05gms. (S.2550; N.1986; Brown & Comber 1F)
Slight edge chip, otherwise an excellent example, almost very fine, with this obverse reading extremely rare
Provenance
Wx Col. H. W. Morrieson
Ex Abbot, purchased privately in the late 1930s
Ex R. C. Lockett, Glendining, 15 October 1956, lot 2019
Ex Dr. E. Burstal, Glendining, 15 May 1968, lot 178
Ex W. Wilkinson