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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 109

Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Groat, 1544-1547, Bristol Castle, (Under-Treasurer, William Sharrington), crowned bust three-quarters facing right, rev. CIVITAS BRISTOLIE, rose after TAS, saltire before BRIS, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, trefoils in forks, 1.940g, 3h, i.m. WS [on reverse only] (Hawkins unlisted; North 1846; S.2372), slight raggedness to edge, otherwise lightly cabinet toned with staining to shield but much underlying lustre, approaching very fine, scarce thus

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 8 March 1902 - £0.10.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1902 (P.5242, no. 81364) - "Another, with rose after CIVITAS and a pierced quatrefoil before BRISTOLIE. From the Gillespie collection, extremely fine" - £0.10.0

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



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