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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1124

Scotland, Charles I (1625-1649), Third Coinage, Briot Unit, 1637-1642, Edinburgh, CAROLVS • D: G MAG • BRITAN • FRAN • ET • HIB • REX • lozenge stops, crowned and cuirassed half-length King right, holding orb and sceptre, rev. HIS • PRÆSVM • VT • PROSIM • crowned square-topped shield dividing crowned C-R, 9.90g, 6h, m.m. thistle and B [on obv. only] (St. p.155; Spink 5531), tiny split to edge and inconsequential metal flaw to left of shield, otherwise handsomely lustrous and lightly toned with further trace of underlying brilliance, a most pleasingly good very fine, immensely sought after in the present market

Provenance

Heritage, ANA Sale 3066, 17 August 2018, lot 30432 - wherein graded NGC AU55

The Collection of Scottish Gentleman

Spink 206, 1-2 December 2010, lot 979

The Douglas Collection, Spink 119, 4 March 1997, lot 322

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Sold for
£16,000

Starting price
£10000