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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 218

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Threepence, 1562, Tower [Upper House], (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D • G • ANG • FRA • ET • HIB • REGINA, narrow and taller crowned bust left, with ornately decorated dress, tiny rose behind, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEVM • AD-IVTORE-M • MEVM, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 1.615g, 5h, m.m. star (Hawkins -; Borden & Brown 46 [O1/R1]; North 2034; S.2604), fields heavily reworked, yet pleasingly struck up to central devices, a bolder very fine thus but far from honest with a light blue-yellow hue in recesses

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 6 April 1902 - £0.12.6

Spink Numismatic Circular, April 1902 (P.5300, no. 82551) - "with small rose on obv., RR. very fine" - £0.12.6

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Sold for
£250

Starting price
£5