Elizabeth I, 1558-1601. AR Crown, Seventh issue, im. 1. Struck 1601. Crowned bust left holding sceptre and orb, sceptre points to G of REGINA, rev. royal arms over cross fourchée. 29.83 g. FRC dies A-1; N.2012; S.2582. Faint scratches above shield on reverse beneath rich, cabinet tone. EF. Exceptionally well struck. Very rare thus. Ex DNW 194, 7 September 2021, lot 143; Stacks, 9 December 1991, lot 1127; W. Lothian (Spink 62, 19 November 1987), lot 8; T. G. Taylor; G. Hamilton-Smith (Glendining, 23 May 1927), lot 239; H. Montagu (Pt. III, Sotheby, 13 November 1896), lot 82 ‘rare, and one of the finest known specimens known’; W. Brice, collection purchased en bloc by Montagu in 1887.