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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 337

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | Charles II (1660-1685), Shilling, 1679, CAROLVS • II • - DEI • GRATIA, 'tight' letter spacing of CAROLVS, second laureate and draped bust right, no stop before DEI, rev. no stop after HIB, crowned shields cruciform, five strings to harp, interlocking Cs in angles, edge obliquely milled, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 68; Bull 545; ESC 1054; S.3375), light flecking, otherwise pleasantly cabinet toned with flashes of iridescence and lustre in recesses, very fine

Provenance

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

F Rist, by private treaty, 9 January 1999

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