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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1141

Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Third Siege of Pontefract (June 1648 - March 1649), Obsidional Shilling, 1648, on a lightweight octagonal flan, DVM • SPIRO • SPERO large lettering, crowned large C•R, rev. castle gateway with flag dividing P-C, brandished arm and sword in right field, OBS upwards in left, 4.46g [68.82grns], 12h (Nelson, Fig. 44; Hird 272-274; Brooker 1231; North 2646; Spink 3148), evidence of tooling in antiquity in fields, otherwise partially toned, a pleasing very fine, rare and an iconic final issue of this brutal internecine conflict

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Sold for
£3,500

Starting price
£2000