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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 254

James I (1603-1625), Third Coinage, Sixpences, Tower (3), 1621 (2), (m.m.) IACOBVS D : G : MAG • BRI : FRA : ET HIB : REX • sixth crowned and armoured bust right, VI behind, rev. (m.m.) QVÆ DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET, square-topped shield, bird-headed harp, 2.871g, 4h, m.m. rose (North 2126; S.2670), surface marks and rub to portrait, otherwise darkly cabinet toned, colourfully so to reverse, fine to almost very fine for strike; another, similar, struck from 9 June 1621, 2.871g, 1h, m.m. thistle (North 2126; S.2670), rubbed, otherwise on a full round flan, colourfully retoned, a really bold fine to almost very fine; lastly, 1624, as first, 2.634g, 2h, m.m. trefoil (North 2126; S.2670), crimped and clipped, otherwise darkly cabinet toned, struck details bolder than fine to almost very fine (3)

Provenance

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

i) William S Lincoln & Son (69, New Oxford Street, London), by private treaty, 8 May 1900 - £0.3.0



ii) Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 4 February 1899 - £0.7.6

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1899 (P.3235, no. 51862) - "1621. Mm. Thistle, large flan, scarce, very fine" - £0.7.6




iii) Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 5 January 1900 - £0.4.6



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