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Auction: 19006 - British, Indian and Islamic Coins: Autumn Auction
Lot: 313

Charles II (1660-85), Crown, 1675 over 3 v. septimo, third laureate and draped bust right, rev. t over g [?] in et, crowned shields cruciform, interlinked cs in angles, reads ....anno egni.... on edge (cf. Lingford, lot 326; cf. Rees-Jones, lots 95 and 96; Bull -; (ESC 50B ~ R5); S.3558), some striking flatness caused by a die weakness also evidenced by the Ferguson-Parsons-Paget example, and some scattered surface marks, otherwise toned, about very fine, extremely rare, this being the only example known to the cataloguer to appear at major public auction this millennium

Provenance
Spink 206, 1-2 December 2010, lot 1006 - £2,900


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Sold for
£3,200

Starting price
£1400