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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 207

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Sixpence, 1561, Tower [Upper House], (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D • G • ANG • FRA • ET • HIB • REGINA, narrow and taller crowned bust left, with ornately decorated bodice, large rose behind, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEVM • AD-IVTORE-M • MEVM, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 15-61 above shield, edge plain, 2.829g, 6h, m.m. star (Borden & Brown 21 [O2/R2]; North 2024; S.2593), small flan split, creased and tooled in fields in antiquity to remove typical die flaw before portrait, otherwise residually lustrous with a vibrant blue tone, struck details bolder than very fine

Provenance

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

Acquired privately, by April 1913 - £0.2.0

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Sold for
£240

Starting price
£5