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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 324

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | Charles II (1660-1685), Shilling, 1672, CAROLVS • II • - DEI • GRATIA, second laureate and draped bust right, no stop before DEI, rev. stop after HIB, crowned shields cruciform, five strings to harp, interlocking Cs in angles, edge obliquely milled, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 61; ESC 1036; Bull 521; S.3375), softly struck to hair, otherwise sumptuously toned with residual colourful red hues in recesses, a most pleasing very fine, a fine cabinet specimen and surprisingly scarce

Provenance

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

P Wincott, by private treaty, 6 February 1997 - £900

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£800

Starting price
£350