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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 584

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Charles I (1625-1649), (2) Royalist York Coins, including: Shilling, Group I, Type I, 1642-1644, (i.m.)o CAROLVS o D o G o MAG o BRI o FR o ET o HIB REX, crowned bust left, XII behind, rev. o CHRISTO o AVSPICE o REGNO (m.m.) o square-topped shield over long cross fleury, EBOR above, 5.49g [84.8grns], 8h, m.m. lion (Besly 1B; Brooker 1090; North 2316; Spink 2870), some historic tooling and smoothing in fields, the usual die break through shield, darkly toned, struck details almost very fine, an ever-sought-after type; and, Threepence, 1643, CAROLVS · D · G · MA · BR · FR · ET · HI · REX, crowned bust facing, rose in field, rev. CHRIS TO · AVS PICE · R EGN, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 1.22g, [18.8grns], 9h, m.m. lion (North 2323; Spink 2877), complete flan, evenly toned, very fine (2)

Provenance

i) Warwick & Warwick, 12 March 2003, lot 78 - £394
ii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1985 - £50


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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£150