Description
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Penny, Base issue, 1601, mintmark star, quartered shield of arms within beaded linear circle, E R either side, legend surrounds ELIZABETH DG ANG FR ET HIBER RE. Rev, crowned harp date either side, reads POSUI DEUM ADIUTOREM MEUM (S.6510; D&F. 255).
Struck on an irregular flan with some weak points in the strike and legends, otherwise a conservative grading at very fine, perhaps better, the harp especially precise.