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Auction: 15031 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins - Part 2
Lot: 359

Charles I (1625-49), Scarborough besieged July 1644 - July 1645, type 1, siege piece of 10.01g, probably Two-Shillings, view of the castle, sc and mark of value (?) s very faint below, rev. the same faintly incuse, also engraved at a later date OB. Scarborough 1645 (Nelson pp.17-19 and fig.21 this coin; N.2650 b; S.3152), light scratches above castle, extremely fine, extremely rare

provenance
Lockett, part IV (English part II), Glendining, 11-17 October 1956, lot 2575, denomination not stated, £460
V Brand, collection dispersed after 1932
J G Murdoch, second portion, Sotheby, 8-13 June 1903, lot 358, as a Two-Shillings (illustrated), 'extremely fine, unpublished and probably unique', £44.10/-
H Montagu, third portion, Sotheby, 13-19 November 1896, lot 655, £36.10/-
W Brice, collection purchased en bloc by H Montagu in 1887
E W Wigan, collection purchased by Rollin & Feuardent in 1872


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Sold for
£13,000