Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 144
Charles I (1625-1649), Group G, Type 4.5, Shilling, 1646-1648, Tower (under Parliament), (m.m) • CAROLVS • D' G; MAG.' BRI.' FRA.' ET. HIB.' REX • seventh crowned and draped tall bust bust left, value behind, rev. (m.m) • CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO •, square-topped shield over cross moline, 5.89g, 2h, m.m. sceptre (Sharp H1/1; Brooker 565-66; North 2247; Spink 2802), a handsomely full albeit irregular flan, softer strike to portrait, otherwise subtly toned with notes of residual lustre, a pleasing very fine, the reverse better still, scarce
Provenance
P Woodard, by private treaty [with his distinctive lombardic pw ticket] - £400
"Blakey", Spink 217, 26-27 June 2013, lot 661
C.O.B, by private treaty, May 2012
Messing Hoard (Essex), August 1975
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Sold for
£950
Starting price
£350