Ireland, Elizabeth I Groat, 1st base coinage (1558), AU55, mm rose the reverse die was not

the reverse die was not known to Schneider when he wrote his article about these coins c

depicted as Una from the Edmund Spenser poem The Faerie Queene

CONCOR-DIA P R

Sierra Leone

Toned a little unevenly with a few fleck

Ireland, Elizabeth I Groat, 1st base coinage (1558), AU55, mm rose the reverse die was notIreland, Elizabeth I (1558 1603), Base coinage of 1558, Groat, crowned bust left, type 1F, linear circle and legend surrounding, initial mark rose both sides, ELIZABETH. D. G. ANG. FRA. Z. HIB. REGINA., rev. crowned harp with eight strings, crowned E to left, crowned R to right, POSVI: DEVM: ADIVTOREM: MEVM, weight 3. 00g (DF 243; S. 6504). Usual patina of light corrosion, weak in parts has been graded by NGC as AU55.