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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 153

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third and Fourth Issues, Sixpences, 1561, Tower (4), large flan size, 19mm., inner beaded and wire-liner inner circles (2), (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGINA, beaded and wire-line inner circles, crowned and draped bust 1F left, large rose with stamen filaments behind, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTORE-M : MEV .' beaded and wire-line inner circles, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 15-61 above shield, 2.717g, 5h, m.m. pheon (BCW BA-3A/BA-b4; North 1997; S.2560), subtly creased and rubbed, otherwise colourfully cabinet toned, bolder than fine; another, reading ...ANG .' FRA .' ET • HI .' REGINA, similar, 2.472g, 11h, m.m. pheon (BCW BA-3B/BA-b4; North 1997; S.2560), creased and ragged, lightly toned, scarcely fine; others, smaller flan size, 17.5mm., inner beaded and wire-liner inner circles (2), reading, ANG .' FR .' ET • HI .' REGINA, similar, 2.972g, 4h, m.m. pheon (BCW BA-7G/BA-d6; North 1997; S.2561), uniformly cabinet toned, almost very fine; lastly, another, reading ...AN .' FR .' ET • HIB .' REGINA, rose without stamen filaments, 2.938g, 6h, m.m. pheon (BCW BA-6E/BA-d1; North 1997; S.2561), striking splits at 8-9 o'clock, and flatness to portrait, otherwise toned, struck details bolder than fine (4)

Provenance

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

i) William S Lincoln & Son (69, New Oxford Street, London), by private treaty, 7 May 1900 - £0.2.0



ii) Acquired privately, by April 1913



iii) William S Lincoln & Son (69, New Oxford Street, London), by private treaty, 7 May 1900 - £0.5.0



iv) William S Lincoln & Son (69, New Oxford Street, London), by private treaty, 7 May 1900 - £0.1.0

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