S.2529, Sovereign, mm Escallop -

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fine Sovereign of 30-Shillings, 1584-1586, Sixth Coinage, Tower, ELIZABETH • D.' G.' ANG.' FRA.' ET.' HIB.' REGINA •, Queen enthroned, holding orb and sceptre, rev. A•DNO.' FACTV.' EST. ISTVD. ET. EST MIRAB.' IN. OCVLIS. NRIS, shield atop Tudor rose, 15.43g, 5h, m.m. escallop (Spink 2529; cf. Schneider I, 780-81, albeit the reading NRIS not represented; N.2003).  Provenance: Hamilton-Smith, Part III, Glendining, 23 May 1927, lot 16 - £18.10.0,  Talbot-Ready, Sotheby, 15-19 November 1920, lot 589 - £14.0.0 (Baldwin).  Images and data reproduced by kind permission of Spink and Son Ltd, London.  Item is from the January 2021 auction #21004, The Sir Rodney Sweetnam KCVO CBE Collection of English Gold Coins and Other Properties, lot # 26.