| Description: |
Denomination : Silver shilling. Mint : London.
Date : Initial mark cross-crosslet,
issue of 1560 to 1561.
Reference : Spink-2555.
Size : 28.8 x 31.2 mm. Weight : 5.31
grams.
Grade : gVF to XF with minor parts of the inscriptions weak or in part off the
flan (including the obverse initial mark). A very nice portrait of Elizabeth, with
slightly more detail than is visible on the image.
Obverse : Head of Elizabeth left,
with ELIZABETH D G' ANG FR ET HI REGINA around (meaning Elizabeth by the grace of God,
England, France, and Ireland, Queen).
Reverse : Long cross through a shield, with the
date 1578 above the shield, with POSVI DEV' ADIVTOREM MEVM (meaning I HAVE MADE GOD MY
HELPER). |
