Obverse:

ELIZABETH D G ANG FR Z HIB REG. Crowned bust left, wire line inner circle. 

Reverse:

POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV. Square topped shield over long cross fourchee dividing the legend.

Edge chip and flaw on bust otherwise very fine or better. Extremely rare with excellent provenance.

Ex C. Comber Collection bt Baldwin 1986.

Ex R. C. Lockett Collection, Glendining Auction, 5 Nov 1958 - Lot 3304 (part)

Ex R. Carlyon-Britton Collection, Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge Auction, 17 Oct 1921 - Lot 245 (part)

Catalogued as "Half Groat, of similar type and issue, extremely fine for this unpublished and exceedingly rare coin" and illustrated.

This coin is the current plate coin in I. Brown, C. Comber and W. Wilkinson 'The Hammered Silver Coins at the Tower Mint During the Reign of Elizabeth I' Galata 2006. Obverse p. 37, Reverse p. 38.