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Description
Elizabeth I of the House of Tudor, Queen of England 1558-1603 AD, Silver Crown (27.88g, 41.5mm), Seventh coinage (1601-1602), initial mark ‘1’, Royal mint, London. Obverse: Crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth I facing to the left, wearing elaborately embroidered doublet with reticella lace ruff and bold shoulder rolls, holding sceptre Lis-tipped sceptre forward in right hand and globus cruciger in left, sceptre points to ‘I’ of ‘REGINA’, inner beaded border and legend surrounds, “ELIZABETH: D:G: ANG: FRA: ET: HIBER: REGINA:”. Reverse: Royal Escutcheon of the Armorial of the House of Tudor set within decorative frame over long cross fourchée, inner lined and beaded border and legend surrounds, “POSVI: DEVM: ADIVTOREM: MEVM:”. North-2012; S-2582; Cooper dies C/6. Nicely toned with a deep grey supplemented with aqua highlights, a decent example with typical flatness over the portraiture, unfortunate hairline to reverse field, of note with no metal stress to flan, reverse quite choice, near Very Fine, reverse Very Fine.
The obverse Latin legend is the royal titulature of Queen Elizabeth I, reading unabridged as “Elizabeth, Deī grātiā, Angliae, Franciae et Hiberniae Rēgīna” and with an English translation of “Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland”. The reverse Latin legend is stated unabridged as “Posuī Deum Adiūtōrem Meum” and has an English translation of “I ordain God as my helper”.
