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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 181

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth Issue, Halfgroats, Tower (3), 1 December 1583 - 13 February 1585, (m.m.) E .' D .' G .' ROSA .' SINE .' SPINA .' beaded inner circle only, crowned and draped bust 6D left, two pellets behind head, rev. (m.m.) CIVITAS LONDON, beaded inner circle only, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 1.003g, 7h, m.m. A (BCW A-2/A-b1; North 2016; S.2559), rubbed and crimped, otherwise toned with hints of lustre, fair; another, 14 February 1585 - 30 May 1587, similar but bust 6E, 0.781g, 9h, m.m. escallop (BCW SC-3/SC-b1; North 2016; S.2559), historic marks on portrait, otherwise handsomely cabinet toned, struck details almost very fine; lastly, 1 June 1587 - 31 January 1590, as last, 1.161g, 12h, m.m. crescent (BCW CS-1/CS-b2; North 2016; S.2559), rubbed but toned on a broad flan, strictly fair / almost very fine, and historic as struck at the time of the Spanish Armada (3)

Provenance

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

i) Acquired privately, by April 1913



ii) Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 6 January 1899 - £0.2.6

Spink Numismatic Circular, January 1899 (P.3184, no. 51268) - "Mm. scallop (1584), very fine" - £0.2.6



iii) William S Lincoln & Son (69, New Oxford Street, London), by private treaty, 7 May 1900 - £0.1.6

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£110

Starting price
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