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Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 161

Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, 'Declaration' Halfcrown, 1643, New Hall Inn, (m.m.) CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FR : ET : HIB : REX, 'Oxford' horseman King trotting left, sword upright, plume behind sash with bands, no ground line, rev. : EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI, declaration reading, RELIG : PROT : LEG | ANG : LIBER : PAR, in two lines, 1643 below, three even Oxford plumes above, 14.89g [229.86gns], 5h (Brooker 890; Bull 601/3a; North 2413; S.2954), doubling to parts of reverse legend and lightly scratched above central plume, nonetheless a most pleasing portrait for type and richly toned, about extremely fine example for this short-lived series

Provenance

M & H Coins, by private treaty

Noonan's [DNW], Chesser Collection, Auction 113, 17 September 2013, lot 39 - £1,950




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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500

Starting price
£1700