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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 611

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Cornwall (Truro), Crown, 1642-1643, (m.m.) CAROLVS : D .' G .' MAG .' BRIT .' FRA .' ET HI .' REX, armoured horseman King left, horse plain, no ground line, rev. (m.m.) • CHRISTO .' AVSPICE .' REGNO, oval garnished shield, 29.42g [454.0grns], 3h, m.m. rose (Besly A1; Brooker 1008-1009 same dies; North 2531; Spink 3045), on a remarkably round planchet for issue, a hint of striking softness to horse's profile, otherwise richly cabinet toned and the shield handsomely uniform, very fine, the reverse pleasingly so, rare in this unusually fine condition for issue, and with an outstanding pedigree back to the Spink family collection!

Provenance

Warwick & Warwick 581, 8 March 2006, lot 110 - £794

SNC, September 1996, no. 3903* - "good very fine for issue" - £600

N Asherson, Spink 6, 10-11 October 1979, lot 102 - "very fine and unusually well-struck for this issue" - £620

SNC, July-August 1956, no. 6394 - VF - £10.10.0

Philip Ziegler, collection purchased by Spink, 1954

Lt.-Col. H W Morrieson, Glendining, 20-24 November 1933, lot 440* and Pl. VIII - "very fine, scarce" - £2.0.0 [Ziegler]

John Spink, Sotheby's, 16 November 1904, lot 106 - "finer and rounder than usually met with, and rare in this state

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Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£320