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Auction: 11023 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 257

Charles I, Civil War coinages, Exeter, 1643-46, Halfcrown, 14.97g, m.m. rose, small neat ´Briot´ horseman walking left, holding sword sloping forwards, lumpy ground below, rev. oval shield garnished with inverted garniture of five small and one large scroll, double/single pellet stops (Brooker 1030-same dies; N.2555/1; S.3068), neatly struck on a full round flan, the legend weak in parts, otherwise very fine, rare Estimate £ 1,800-2,000 provenance Colin Adams, Spink Auction 177, 01 December 2005, lot 218 N. Asherson, Spink Auction 6, 10 October 1979, lot 105 R.C. Lockett, Glendining, 4 November 1958, lot 3513

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