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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 579

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Charles I (1625-1649), First Milled Issue, Crown, 1631-1632, Tower, under Nicholas Briot, (m.m.) CAROLVS • D : G • MAGN • BRITAN • FRAN • ET • HIBER • REX •, Briot's horseman left, sword upright, grassy ground line, rev. • CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO • (m.m.), crowned and garnished oval shield, dividing crowned C-R, 29.69g [457.8grns], 6h, m.m. flower and B / B (Brooker 714 same dies; Slaney II, 339 same dies; North 2297; Spink 2852), planchet clumsily sheared at the Mint, otherwise lightly toned, very fine for strike, the reverse pleasingly so, scarce

Provenance

L Bennett, by private treaty, 1988 - £495

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Sold for
£2,600

Starting price
£450