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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 139

Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, 1555, Tower, PHILIP • ET • MARIA • D • G • REX • ET • REGINA • ANG • crowned busts vis-a-vis, date above, rev. POSVIMVS • DEVM • ADIVTOREM • NOSTRVM • crowned and garnished oval shield, dividing X-II above, 6.236g, 9h (North 1968; S.2501), heavy die cudding below busts and behind Mary, otherise richly cabinet toned and lustrous, a pleasing very fine

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 1 September 1898 - £1.5.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, September 1898 (P.2983, no. 48051) - "A nice piece, from the Allen cabinet, rare, very fine" - £1.5.0

William Allen, Sotheby's, 14 March 1898, lot 429 [part] - "Shillings….and 1555 with English title only…all fine" - £1.17.0 [Spink]


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