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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 189

The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | Charles I (1625-1649), Pattern Half-Unite or Double-Crown, c. 1634, by Edward Greene of the Royal Mint at the Tower of London, (m.m.) CAROLVS • D .' G .' MAG .' BRIT .' FRAN .' ET • HIB .' REX, L over V in CAROLVS, crowned 'Coronation' bust left, wearing stiffened ruff, X behind, rev. • CVLTORES • SVI • DEVS • PROTEGIT • (m.m.) • crowned and garnished shield, 4.55g [70.2grns], 12h, m.m. slipped trefoil (Brooker 1263 this coin; Schneider I, - ; North 2668; Spink -), a small metal flaw below value, traces of doubling in legends, and a hint of cabinet friction in fields, otherwise softly but attractively toned, almost extremely fine, and an unique display of Greene's intricate workmanship, and one of the most significant Carolean gold Patterns to be offered since appearance of Nicholas Briot's Angel in 2010 and Vanderdoort's Pattern Triple Unite in 2005

Provenance
The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq.
Sotheby, 4 April 1991, lot 167 - traces of double-striking and a few surface marks, generally good very fine and extremely rare - £3,800
J G Brooker, collection dispersed by Spink, 1978 [with his ticket]
Dr Ernest Christison Carter, collection dispersed by Baldwin, 1950 [with his ticket]
J G Murdoch, Second Portion, Sotheby's, 8-13 June 1903, lot 287* - extremely fine and very rare, and an unpublished m.m. - £6.10.0
H Montagu, Third Portion, Sotheby's, 11 November 1896, lot 359 - very fine and very rare, an unpublished m.m. [to which Montagu added: 'clearly a pattern owing to the m.m.'] - £10.0.0 [Spink for Murdoch]
Samuel Addington, collection purchased en bloc by Montagu, 1883
John Brodribb Bergne, Sotheby's, 20 May 1873, lot 804 - extremely fine and rare in this condition - £12.0.0 [Addington]
J W Martin, Sotheby's, 23 May 1859, lot 248 - very fine and rare - £6.2.6 [Bergne]

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Sold for
£35,000

Starting price
£15000