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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 233

James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Shillings, 12 November 1607 - 17 May 1609, Tower, m.m. coronet (2), (m.m.) • IACOBVS • D .' G .' MAG .' BRIT .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REX • fourth crowned and armoured bust right, XII behind, rev. (m.m.) • QVÆ • DEVS • CONIVNXIT • NEMO • SEPARET • square-topped shield, 5.840g, 10h (North 2100; S.2655), a large die flaw behind head, hints of doubling to legends and an almost imperceptible "cancellation" mark across portrait, otherwise lightly cabinet toned, struck details very fine, a very scarce portrait for this pyx mark; another, similar, fifth bust, 5.877g, 8h (North 2101; S.2656), lustrous and lightly cabinet toned, about very fine; a most interesting pairing of bust varieties for this short-lived and unusual pyx-period (2)

Provenance

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

i) Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 1 September 1898 - £0.3.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, September 1898 (P.2984, no. 48092) - "Mm. coronet (1607), fine" - £0.3.0




ii) William S Lincoln & Son (69, New Oxford Street, London), by private treaty, 8 May 1900 - £0.4.0

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Sold for
£240

Starting price
£5