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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 330

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | Charles II (1660-1685), Shilling, 1675 over 3, CAROLVS • II • - DEI • GRATIA, third laureate and draped bust right, no stop before DEI, rev. no stop after HIB, E over R in ET, crowned shields cruciform, five [?] strings to harp, interlocking Cs in angles, edge obliquely milled, 6h (Pywell-Phillips -; Bull 531 [R3]; ESC 1043A [R3]; S.3380), rub to portrait, otherwise a darker cabinet tone with flashes of lustre in recesses of legends, almost very fine, the reverse better still, very rare

Provenance

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

Baldwin "Coinex Auction" Sale 83, 24 September 2013, lot 4341 - £1,000

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Sold for
£950

Starting price
£750