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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 122

Anglo-Irish Issues, Edward VI (1547-1553), Coinage of 1552, Base Silver Shilling, M:D:LII [1552], Dublin, (m.m.) EDWARD '. VI . D '. G '. AGL '. FRA • Z : HIB '. REX crowned and draped bust right, rev. (m.m.) • TIMOR : DOMINI : FONS : VITE M : D : LII • lozenge stops, oval elaborately garnished shield, dividing E-R, 4.742g [73.180grns], 11h, m.m. harp (Bispham, p. 140, Fig. 2A; DF 213; S.6494), minor striking fissures to flan and a depression before throat, otherwise as to be expected for a base issue with notes of residual lustre in recesses under darkly cabinet toned fields, strictly fine, but a scarcity for the reign

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 8 November 1899 - £1.5.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, November 1899 (P.3670, no. 57902) - "Mm. Y (both sides) FRAN. Rev. As usual, but with date M : D : LII : An exceedingly rare date as the money of fine silver was in circulation the previous year. Vide Hks. p. 292. RR, very fine" - £1.5.0



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