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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 125

Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Fine Silver Issue, 'Horseman' Crown, 1553 over Z, 'Z type 2', Tower, (m.m.) : EDVVARD '. VI : D ': G ': AGL ': FRA ': Z : hiBER ': REX : 'Boy King' in armour, resting sword on right shoulder, feet in stirrups with protruding spurs, riding Berber horse dressed in caparison and crupper, curvetting right, rev. (m.m.) : POSVI DEV .': A DIVTOR E ': MEV '. square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 30.397g [469.10gns], 2h, m.m. tun (Lingford A-18; North 1933; S.2478), historically defaced across portrait in an unmistakeable case of religious iconoclasm, otherwise uniformly struck up and richly cabinet toned, nearing very fine, the reverse most attractively problem-free

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 4 October 1900 - £3.10.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1900, (P.4265, no. 66369) - “Edward VI. Crown, 1553. Mm. Ton. King on horseback galloping to r. Date beneath. A very scarce date. very fine" - £3.10.0

George Deakin, Sotheby's, 15 November 1899, lot 4 - "Edward VI, Crown, 1553, m.m. tun, very rare date, and finer than usual" - £2.10.0 [Spink]

William John Webster, by private treaty with Deakin

Arthur Doveton Clarke, Christie's, 15 June 1891, lot 114 - "Crown, 1553, m.m. tun, rare and fine" - £2.10.0 [Webster]

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