Elizabeth I Sixpence, silver, 2.78 grams, 25.46 mm. Dated 1561, 
3rd/4th issue, small bust. 

Obverse: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA, profile bust left with 
rose behind and ‘pheon’ mintmark. 
Reverse: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV, long cross over arms dividing  
legend. 

S. 2560; N. 1997. 
Very fine, with better than usual bust.

With permission of TimeLine Originals (www.time-lines.co.uk), November, 2011