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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 106

Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Testoon, 1544-1547, Tower, (m.m.) hEnRIC : 8 : D : G : AGL : FRA : Z : hIB : [R]EX, Lombardic lettering, crowned 'Holbeinesque' bust facing, rev. (m.m.) POSVI x DEVM x ADIVTORIVM : MEVM, crowned Tudor rose, flanked by crowned cypher, 6.757g [104.276grns], 8h, m.m. pellet-in-annulet (Hawkins -; North 1841; S.2366), a trace of debasement-related surface porosity to 'Old Copper Nose's visage, otherwise an assertive and assured striking, cabinet toned, about very fine, seldom encountered so presentable

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 6 August 1901 - £3.10.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, August 1901 (P.4814, no. 74819) - "good portrait and a round coin, very fine" - £3.10.0



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£7,000

Starting price
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