Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 593
The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, 'Declaration' Halfcrown, 1643, New Hall Inn, (m.m.) CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FR : ET : HIB : REX, 'Oxford' horseman King trotting left, sword upright, plume behind sash with bands, no ground line, rev. : EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI • Wellington Declaration reading: RELIG : PROT : LEG | ANG : LIBER : PAR in two lines, 1643 below, three even Oxford plumes above, 14.97g [231.0grns], 2h, m.m. plume [on obv. only] (Bull 596/G [Oxford Mint, 2023], [Imm-S / M-S] [Ox. 1-2-pcc-D6c-6-R:I] this coin; Morrieson A-3; Brooker 883 this coin; Dawson - [cf. 53]; North 2413; Spink 2954), struck flat to peripheries at 7 to 9 o'clock and scratches in centre of reverse, otherwise richly cabinet toned, fine to very fine in parts, with a distinguished pedigree
Provenance
T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £160
Glendining, 1 May 1985, lot 55* - scratches on reverse, good fine
J G Brooker, collection dispersed through SNC, from 1978 (Sylloge no. 883)
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Sold for
£1,000
Starting price
£250