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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 147

The 'Eleutherios' Collection | Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, 'Declaration' Shilling, 1644, New Hall Inn, CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HIBER REX, crowned bust left, XII behind, rev. EXVRGAT DEVS DISSIPENTVR INIMICI | RELIG PROT LEG ANG LIBER PAR 1644 | in three lines, three even plumes above, 1644 OX in exergue below, no stops, 5.57g, 10h, m.m. plume (on obv. only) (Morrieson D-11; Brooker 945; North 2449; Spink 2974), a trace of double-striking, some wear to bust but richly cabinet toned, good fine / approaching very fine

Provenance

The 'Eleutherios' Collection of English Coins




Lt. Col. H. W. Morrieson, F.S.A., writing in the BNJ 16 (1921, pp. 129-188), noted: "The [1644] coins are similar to the latest type of 1643, and on some, like the half-crowns, the stops are lozenges. There is not such a variety of busts on the money used for circulation as in the previous year."

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Sold for
£800

Starting price
£270