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Auction: 15031 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins - Part 2
Lot: 347

Charles I (1625-49), Exeter, Crown, 26.87g, 1645, i.m. castle / rose, :carolvs: d:g: mag: bri: fra: et: hi: rex:, king on horseback left, holding upright sword in right hand, rev. christo. avspice. regno., oval garnished shield (Besley D18; Brooker 1039 same dies; N.2559; S.3060), some double striking, particularly on the king's body, slightly off centre, good very fine and exceptional for this very rare variety

provenance
Captain H E G Paget, 25-27 September 1946, lot 126 (illustrated), 'probably the finest specimen known, extremely rare', £24


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Sold for
£5,200