Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 103
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Halfgroat, York, Archbishop Thomas Wolsey, rev. CIVITAS EBORACI, saltire stops, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, T-W across field, 1.267g, 1h, m.m. cross (North 1805; S.2346), rubbed but cabinet toned, almost very fine; another, Halfgroat, York, Archbishop Edward Lee, rev. CIVITAS EBORACI, saltire stops, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, E-L across field, 1.223g, 2h, m.m. upright key (North 1807; S.2348), chipped with surface porosity, otherwise toned, fine / near very fine; lastly, Archbishop Edward Lee Suspended, rev. CIVITAS EBORACI, saltire stops, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, plain across field, 1.298g, 11h, m.m. upright key (North 1807; S.2348), rubbed and cleaned, now retoned, fine or marginally better (3)
Provenance
The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)
i) Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 6 January 1899 - £0.4.0
Spink Numismatic Circular, January 1899 (P.3183, no. 51221) - "very fine" - £0.4.0
ii) Acquired privately, by April 1913
iii) W B-M by private treaty, 9 March 1901 - £0.7.0
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