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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 321

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | Charles II (1660-1685), Shilling, 1670, CAROLVS • II • - DEI • GRATIA, second laureate and draped bust right, no stop before DEI, rev. stop after HIB, crowned shields cruciform, eight strings to harp, interlocking Cs in angles, edge obliquely milled, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 59; ESC 1033; Bull 517 [R2]; S.3375), light rub to hair, otherwise richly cabinet toned, a well-balanced and pleasant example, almost very fine / a pleasing very fine, a rare date, very seldom offered publicly

Provenance

The L'Abbaye Collection of Early Milled Shillings: Part Two

Acquired privately from Spink, 7 January 19874

Spink Numismatic Circular, January 1974, no. 322 - £140

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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£200