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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 209

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Sixpence, 1562, 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, • 15-62 • above shield, 3.247g, 7h, m.m. star (Borden & Brown 24 [O3/R6]; North 2026; S.2595), faintly tooled in antiquity in fields, otherwise residually lustrous with a soft but colourful cabinet tone, a bolder very fine

Provenance

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

Acquired privately, by April 1913

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£5