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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 592

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, 'Declaration' Halfcrown, 1642, New Hall Inn, (m.m.) CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HI : REX, 'Oxford' horseman King trotting left, sword upright, plume behind back with bands, no ground line, rev. : EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI • Wellington Declaration reading: RELIG : PROT : LEG | ANG : LIBER : PAR in two lines, 1642 below, three even Oxford plumes above, 14.95g [230.8grns], 10h, m.m. plume [on obv. only] (Bull 594/B [Oxford Mint, 2023], [EX-S / I-PE] [Ox. 1-3-c-D6c-1-I] this coin, albeit weight and provenance incorrectly listed; Morrieson F-3; Brooker 882/- same obverse die; Dawson 52; North 2412; Spink 2953), on an elliptical 'short' planchet, with a rich cabinet tone, rub to portrait, nevertheless a pleasing fine / almost very fine with some central striking softness to reverse and the die striations overt in surrounding fields

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £180

Lt.-Col. A E Bray, Glendining, 1 May 1985, lot 126 - "fine"

SCMB, December 1957, no. 7512 - nearly very fine - £2.12.6

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£850

Starting price
£250