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Auction: 11024 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 136

Charles I (1625-49), Civil War coinages, Carlisle besieged, 1644-45, octagonal Three Shillings, 12.91g, cr, a rosette either side, large crown above, .iii.s below, all within inner circle around which a circle of pellets, rev. three line inscription, rosette above obs with large indeterminate stamp below (Brooker 1218; N.2633; S.3137), much weakness but the denomination clear, but an extremely rare siege piece, about fine Estimate £ 5,000-7,000 provenance Duprée, collection bt. by Spink, 1989 E.J. French, Sotheby, 9 December 1929, lot 307

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