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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 298

Charles I (1625-1649), Group IV, Type 4, Crown, 15 July 1644 - 12 May 1645, Tower (under King), CAROLVS • D .' G .' MAG .' BRI .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REX, fourth foreshortened horseman left, sword upright, no ground line, rev. •:• (m.m.) •:• CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO, oval shield with five even 'barrel' garniture, 29.67g [457.9grns], 12h, m.m. (R) over (P) (Wakley 63 = Morrieson 436 = Lingford 120 - Archdeacon Ellison = Cooper 90 = Van Roekel 38; same dies; FRC XXI*/XXXI*; Glendining, 8 November 1978, lot 90 same dies; Hawkins 4; Francis 38; Boismason -; Dr Erik Miller -; Brooker 269; North 2198; S.2761), weakly struck, as is usual for the type, scratches by mintmark on reverse, otherwise a full round specimen, very rare mintmark, good very fine

Provenance

M Rasmussen, by private treaty - £1,850

Spink 23, 21 September 1982, lot 156 - weakly struck as seems typical of these dies, good fine, scarce - £540

A H Baldwin, by private treaty

Capt H E G Paget, Glendining, 25 September 1946, lot 84* - extremely fine, very rare
[Baldwin]
E E Yates, purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1938



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