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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 509

Anne (1702-1714), Pattern Farthing, 1714 [struck 1738], authorised by Richard Arundell (Master of the Royal Mint) after Croker and Sir Isaac Newton, ANNA • DEI • GRATIA • draped bust left, inside broad border-teeth border, rev. BRITANNIA, Britannia seated left, edge plain, 4.63g, 6h (Montagu 83/15; BMC [Peck] 742 [2+E]; S.3625), struck on a broader flan than last, and thus most likely a 1738 Arundell re-issue once the 'Queen Anne Farthing' numismatic craze had begun, with handsome flashy and near-brilliant fields to toned surfaces, extremely fine

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 2 August 1899 - £1.15.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, August 1899 (P.3526, no. 56060) - "ANNA DEI GRATIA. Queen's bust in high relief (by Croker). Rev. BRITANNIA (Date in exergue). Britannia seated. Mont. p. 83, no. 15. A beautiful specimen; very scarce in this state; struck on a broad flan. R. F.D.C." - £1.15.0

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£1,200

Starting price
£5