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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1137

Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Cornwall, Crown, c. September 1643, Exeter, (under Sir Richard Vyvyan) (m.m.) : [CARO]LVS ; D ; G ; MAG ; B[RI ; F]RA ; ET ; HI ; REX, armoured King on horseback left, sash in bow behind, rev. (m.m.) : CHRISTO ; AVSPICE ; REGNO : oval shield with twelve even 'barrel' garnished scrolls, 29.09g, 10h, m.m. rose (LAL Gp IIIa; Besly B2; Brooker 1010 same dies; North 2553; Spink 3056), usual irregular planchet and variable striking pressure to peripheries, otherwise toned, a bolder fine or marginally better for issue, the variety very rare and probably dating to the relocation of the Mint from Truro to Exeter in September 1643

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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£300