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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 164

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth Issue, Sixpence, 1590, Tower, (m.m.) ELIZAB .' D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET • HIB .' REGI .' beaded inner circles, larger crowned and draped bust 6C 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, small 15-90 above shield, 3.013g, 7h, m.m. hand (BCW HA-2/HA-b; North 2015; S.2578B), a minute trace of metal stressing before chin and doubling to legends, otherwise a handsomely uniform and bold striking on a full flan, pleasantly cabinet toned, good very fine, rare in this state, especially when the details of knuckles are so clear on the pyx-mark!

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 4 February 1899 - £0.4.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1899 (P.3234, no. 51825) - "1590, m.m. hand, very fine" - £0.4.0


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£260

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