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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 373

Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Exeter, Sixpence, 1644, (m.m.) CAROLVS • D • G • MA • BR • FR • ET • HI • REX crowned and armoured bust, large VI behind, rev. (m.m.) :4:4: CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO :1:6: oval garnished shield, bird-headed harp, 2.251g, 10h, m.m. rose (Besly C2; Brooker 1069 same dies; North 2577; S.3087A), heavy edge splits and creasing to flan where once love-tokened, otherwise richly cabinet toned, with underlying bluish flaring, struck details about very fine

Provenance

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

Joseph Taylor, by private treaty, 1896 - £0.4.0

J J Nunn, Sotheby's, 27-31 November 1896, lot 432 [part] - "....m.m. rose, with date 1644, on rev. divided by the rose...Sixpence, of similar type, rare..." - £1.11.0 [Taylor]

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£450

Starting price
£5