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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 315

Charles I (1625-1649), Group C, Type 2a, Sixpences, 30 June 1631 - 21 June 1632, Tower (under King) (2), (m.m.) •:• CAROLVS • D .' G .' MA .' BR .' FR .' ET • HI .' REX •:• third crowned and armoured bust left, wearing ruff, VI behind, rev. (m.m.) • CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO • oval garnished shield, • C • R • above, scroll-topped harp, 2.617g, 1h, m.m. plume (Brooker 591; North 2238; S.2809), rubbed and soft at peripheries, otherwise residually lustrous with attractive bluish toning, a bolder fine / near very fine; another, similar, rev. (m.m.) • CHRISTO •:• AVSPICE •:• REGNO •:• only C R above, bird-headed harp, 2.940g, 7h, m.m. plume (Brooker 591; North 2238; S.2809), slightly crimped on a short flan, with striking softness to peripheries, otherwise richly cabinet toned with attractive lustrous blue highlights, struck details very fine or marginally bolder (2)

Provenance

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

i) W B-M, by private treaty, 9 March 1901 - £0.4.0



ii) Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 3 September 1900 - £0.10.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, September 1900 (P.4202, no. 65628) - "1630, Undated. Similar Mm. rev. oval shield, CR above, very fine" - £0.10.0


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