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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 293

Charles I (1625-1649), Group C, Type 2a, Shillings, Tower (under King) (2), 23 June 1630 - 30 June 1631, (m.m.) • CAROLV[S • D] .' G .' MA .' BR .' FR .' ET • HI .' REX • third crowned bust left, wearing ruff, XII behind, rev. (m.m.) [• CH]RISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO •:• oval garnished shield, [lys above] dividing C-R, ornate harp, 5.800g, 8h, m.m. plume (Hawkins 513; Brooker 445; Sharp C2/1; North 2221; S.2787), areas of striking weakness, otherwise toned, sometimes colourfully, centres good to fair, peripheries bolder than fine; another, 30 June 1631 - 21 June 1632, as before reading MAG .' BR .' FR .' ET • HI .' REX, no stops by obverse m.m., rev. reading •:• CHRISTO...etc, 5.720g, 5h, m.m. rose [over plumes on reverse] (Hawkins 513; Brooker 462/459, Sharp C2/1; North 2221; S.2787), rubbed to portrait, otherwise cabinet toned on a fuller, rounder flan, fine / nearing very fine with underlying lustre (2)

Provenance

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

i) Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 7 October 1898 - £0.3.6

Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1898 (P.3034, no. 48947) - "1630, Mm. Plumes, Bust in ruff, rev. oval, garnished shield. C-R above, scarce mm. fine" - £0.3.6




ii) Acquired privately, by April 1913 - £0.3.3

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