small letter spread legend reads GVLIELMVS ET
An imposing coin well struck on good metal for issue
not recorded by Burns and an example only present in the Ashmoleon collection
with sword on shoulder
Elizabeth I Sovereign, 6th issue, AU53, mm crescent (1587-9), ex Bagnall small letter spread legend readsElizabeth I (1558 1603), fine gold Sovereign of Thirty Shillings, sixth issue (1583 1600), full facing robed figure of Queen seated on large throne, lis headed pillar either side, throne back of pellets in hatching, portcullis below Queen, tressure and beaded border surrounding, Latin legend and outer beaded border on both sides, initial mark crescent (1587 89), +ELIZABETH. D; G; ANG; FRA; ET. HIB; REGINA. rev. quartered shield at centre of ornate