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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 256

James I (1603-1625), Third Coinage, Halfgroats, Tower (6), 10 June 1619 - 23 June 1620, (m.m.) • I .' D .' G .' ROSA • SINE • SPINA, large crowned rose, rev. (m.m.) • TVEATVR • VNITA • DEVS, large crowned thistle, 1.011g, 11h, m.m. spur rowel (North 2127; S.2671), small flan crack and evidence of straightening, otherwise cabinet toned with underlying colour, struck details approaching very fine; another, 24 June 1620 - 8 June 1621, similar, 0.932g, 5h, m.m. rose (North 2127; S.2671), richly cabinet toned and underlying lustre, a pleasingly bold very fine; also, 9 June 1621 - 3 July 1623, as before, 0.951g, 8h, m.m. thistle (North 2127; S.2671), richly cabinet toned and lustrous, a really pleasingly good very fine; another, 4 July 1623 - 17 June 1624, as before 0.960g, 4h, m.m. lys (North 2127; S.2671), a beautiful cabinet piece, delightfully balanced and sympathetically toned and lustrous, about extremely fine, rare in this state; and, 18 June 1624 - 7 July 1625, as before, 0.985g, 10h, m.m. trefoil [to left of crown, at terminus of legend] (North 2127; S.2671), colourfully cabinet toned, a pleasing very fine, the reverse bolder; lastly, 18 June 1624 - 7 July 1625, as before, 0.870g, 11h, m.m. trefoil [to right of crown, at start of legend] (Hawkins -; North 2127; S.2671), slightly doubled, richly cabinet toned, very fine (6)

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 - £0.1.6



ii) William S Lincoln & Son (69, New Oxford Street, London), by private treaty, 8 May 1900 - £0.3.6



iii) Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 4 February 1899 - £0.5.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1899 (P.3236, no. 51927) - "Mm. thistle (1621-23), F.D.C." - £0.5.0




iv) William S Lincoln & Son (69, New Oxford Street, London), by private treaty, 8 May 1900 - £0.5.0



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



vi) William S Lincoln & Son (69, New Oxford Street, London), by private treaty, 8 May 1900 - £0.2.6

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