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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 81

Henry VII (1485-1509), Second Coinage, Class IIIc, Groat, 1498-1499, London, (m.m.) hENRICS AnGL Z FRANC', the C of hENRIC over recumbent S, crowned bust facing, breaking double tressure, double-arched, both bands jewelled, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV 'x A-DIVTO-E MEV ' // CIVITAS+ LONDON, quatrefoil after TAS, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, double rosette stops, 2.718g, 8h, m.m. pansy / leopard's head crowned (SCBI 23 [Ashmolean], 330 same reverse die; North 1705; S.2199), slightly clashed dies, otherwise toned, a pleasing very fine, a rare muling of an even scarcer privy mark

Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 4 February 1902 - £0.12.6

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1902 (P.5177, no. 80538) - "extremely fine" - £0.12.6

William John Gillespie (1804-1896), collection purchased en bloc by Spink, by Autumn 1899


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