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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 229

James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Crown, 11 July 1606 - 30 June 1607, Tower, (m.m.) · IACOBVS · D ·' G ·' MAG ·' BRIT ·' FRAN ·' ET · HIB ·' REX · King on horseback trotting right, crowned rose on caparison, straight ground-line below, rev. (m.m.) · QVÆ · DEVS · CONIVNXIT · NEMO · SEPARET · square-topped and lightly garnished shield, no plume above, 29.528g, 11h, m.m. escallop (Hawkins 466; FRC VI/XI [Sale, lot 25]; North 2097; S.2652), rubbed and lightly cabinet retoned, otherwise the fields almost universally problem-free unlike most examples encountered of this type, strictly fine / good fine, a rare pyx-mark, seldom seen in so presentable a state

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 10 February 1898 - £1.12.6

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1898 (P.2604, no. 43165) - "Mm. shell. Legend reads MAG'. BRIT '. FRAN '. as before. A scarce mm. rare, fine" - £1.12.6

Probably: S.S. Pearce, Sotheby's, 29 October 1897, lot 459 (part) - £1.13.0 [Spink]


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Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£5