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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 608

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Bristol, 'Declaration' Halfcrown, 1645 BR, (m.m.) • CAROLVS • D : G : MAG : BR : FR : ET : HI : REX • horseman King trotting left, sword upright, plume behind sash with bands, BR below, rev. • EXVRGAT • DEVS • DISSIPENTVR • INIMICI Wellington Declaration reading: REL : PROT : | LE : AN : LI : PA in two lines, 1645 | BR over inverted BR below, three even plumes above, 14.37g [220.0grns], 8h, m.m. plume [on obv. only] (Morrieson A-2; Brooker 989 same obverse die; Dawson 70; North 2492; Spink 3010), heavily stress-marked on portrait and scored on rump, richly toned but struck soft in parts, otherwise about very fine for issue

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £190

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Sold for
£2,300

Starting price
£250