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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 156

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third and Fourth Issues, Sixpences, Tower (2), 1566, (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET • HI .' REGINA, beaded inner circles, crowned and draped bust 1F left, large rose with stamen filaments behind, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTORE-M • MEV .' beaded inner circles, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 15-66 above shield, 2.930g, 7h, m.m. portcullis (BCW PT-1A/PT-b3; North 1997; S.2561), cabinet toned, fine, the reverse better; another, 1569, as before, bust 4B, similar, rev. 15-69 above shield, 2.307g, 8h, m.m. coronet (BCW CN-2/CN-i5; North 1997; S.2562), some raggedness to lower edge, otherwise lightly toned with some peripheral colour, bolder than fine (2)

Provenance

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

i) Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 4 February 1899

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1899 (P.3234, no. 51798) - "1566, m.m. portcullis, very fine" - £0.3.6



ii) Acquired privately, by April 1913


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