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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 203

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Seventh Issue, Crown, 15 May 1602 - 24 March 1603, Tower, ELIZABETH : D : G : ANG : FRA : ET : HIBER : REGINA : 2 : sceptre to I of REGINA, crowned half-length bust left, wearing decorated dress and wide ruff, holding orb and sceptre, rev. : 2 : POSVI : DEVM : AD IVTORE M : MEVM : square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 29.712g [458.53grns], 5h, m.m. 2 (Brown & Comber 9A; BCW 2-1:2-a; FRC dies G-8 [Sale, lot 14]; BCW 2-1/2-a; N.2012; S.2582A), some minor metal stressing to otherwise pleasingly full round flan, richly cabinet toned and uniformly struck but for third quarter of shield, very fine, the peripheries better still, a very rare date and one of the most expensive coins originally acquired by Fuller and finer than the Montagu Duplicate specimen offered in the same Circular listing for £5.10.0

Provenance

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

"On a collection of silver and copper coins and tokens including also the cabinet containing the same, the property of the Insured in the private dwelling house, brick or stone built and slated or tiled situate No. 9 Gay Street aforesaid not including any of these hereinafter specifically insured - In case of loss not more than £5 to be claimed on any one coin or token.
£7.10.0 on an Elizabeth Crown 1602 therein"

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 10 February 1898 - £7.10.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1898, (P.2604, no. 43160) - “Mm. 1602. Same type. An exceedingly rare mint-mark. Rud. XIV, 12. A finely toned coin. RR. very fine" - £7.10.0



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Sold for
£8,500

Starting price
£5