拍品描述： Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Tentative Issue, Crown Gold, Crown [of 5-Shillings], 1 January 1561 - 31 August 1565, Tower, + ELIZABETH : D . G . AN . FR ET · HI . REGINA, crowned bust 1F left, wearing decorated bodice, rev. + SCVTVM : FIDEI : PROTEGET : EAM •, crowned square-topped shield, dividing E-R, 2.05g [31.6grns], 4h, m.m. cross crosslet (Schneider I, 748; Brown & Comber H5; North 1983; Spink 2522), struck with the Groat obverse die, polished, creased and cracked through portrait, otherwise a really bold fine, and scarcely appears at auction