Description
Elizabeth I of the House of Tudor, Queen of England 1558-1603 AD, Silver Sixpence (3.07g, 25mm), 1568/7, Third and Fourth issues, initial mark Coronet, Tower mint, London. Obverse: Crowned intermediate bust 4B of Queen Elizabeth I facing to the left, wearing high-necked gown with simple geometric embroidery, Tudor Rose to right field, inner beaded border and legend beginning with the initial mark surrounds, “ELIZABETH: D:G· ANG: FR· ET: HI: REGINA·”. Reverse: Shield of Arms of the House of Tudor over long cross fourchée, date above with broken ‘8’, inner beaded border and legend beginning with the initial mark surrounds, “POSVI DEV: ADIVTOREM· MEV:”. Spink-2562. A nice sixpence struck in the year Elizabeth had Mary, Queen of the Scots, arrested, nicely round and with typical points of flatness, mostly over the central devices, otherwise near Very Fine, reverse Very Fine.
The obverse Latin legend reads “Elizabeth, Deī Grātiā, Angliae, Franciae et Hiberniae Rēgīna”, with an English translation of “Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland”. The reverse Latin legend reads “Posuī Deum Adiūtōrem Meum”, with an English translation of “I ordain God as my helper”.