Elizabeth I Half Groat. I Of Spina Over A Cross.

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Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 733 Posts	Posted 10/31/2020 12:31 pm Sorting through my box of odds and ends this afternoon I noticed this. The I of SPINA is punched over a cross. Has anyone else here seen this before? MM hand, so 1590-92. Edited by Hogarth 10/31/2020 2:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff

PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 10/31/2020 5:17 pm Very interesting coin. I can't say I know enough to comment but I see this thread has been quoted on other fora for comment. No one has yet said they have seen one before. Report this Post to the Staff
Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 733 Posts	Posted 10/31/2020 5:59 pm Hi Paddy, Yeah, I've made a few Google searches, looked at images of similar coins, etc. I can't find any mention of this anywhere. One letter punched over another would not be all that surprising. A letter punched over a motif such as a cross is something I've not come across before. So strikingly obvious too (well, I hadn't spotted it, even though I've owned this coin for about ten years). Maybe one for the hammered experts. Report this Post to the Staff
PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 10/31/2020 5:59 pm Also now noted that the V of Civitas appears to be an upside down A - very unusual! Edited by PaddyB 10/31/2020 6:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 733 Posts	Posted 10/31/2020 6:02 pm It does! I was concentrating so much on the obverse I hadn't seen that. Thank you. Might there also be something going on between the N and the E on the obverse? Report this Post to the Staff
PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 11/01/2020 03:25 am That is possible too. The interest though is more in the cross under the I. Apparently over-struck letters are not uncommon, as is the occasional misuse of an A for a V, but the cross under the I has not been noticed before and the form of the cross does not seem to match any known letter or symbol in use at the time. Report this Post to the Staff
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