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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 202

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Seventh Issue, Crown, 29 July 1601 - 14 May 1602, Tower, ELIZABETH : D : G : ANG : FRA : ET : HIBER : REGINA : 1 : crowned half-length bust left, wearing decorated dress and wide ruff, holding orb and sceptre, rev. : 1 : POSVI : DEVM : AD IVTORE M : MEVM : square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 29.705g [458.42grns], 10h, m.m. 1 (Hawkins 460; FRC dies B/3 [Sale, lot 5]; BCW 1-1/1-a5; North 2012; S.2582), tiny striking fissures, and lightly smoothed in fields in the 18th Century, otherwise richly cabinet toned and uniformly struck up, a pleasingly bold very fine on an oversized flan, scarce in this presentable grade

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 10 February 1898 - £3.10.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1898, (P.2604, no. 43157) - “Mm. 1, 1601. ELIZABETH : D: G: &c. Bust of the Queen, richly robed, to left, wearing crown and high ruff, with sceptre and orb in her hands. Rev. POSVI: DEVM : &c. Shield upon cross fleurée. Hks. 460. RR. very fine" - £3.10.0

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Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£5