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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 424

James II (1685-1688), Shilling, 1685, laureate and draped bust left, rev. four crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 5.96g, 6h (ESC 1068; Bull 760; S.3410), lightly flecked, otherwise lustrous and richly cabinet toned, a pleasing and wholesome good extremely fine, rare in this exemplary state

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 4 November 1898 - £0.17.6

Spink Numismatic Circular, November 1898 (P.3088, no. 49902) - "From the Allen Collection, F.D.C." - £0.17.6

William Allen, Sotheby's, 14-17 March 1898, lot 490 [part] - "...Shillings [2], 1685...all fine" - £2.0.0 [Spink]


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