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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 263

Charles I (1625-1649), Group II, Type 2a, Crown, 21 June 1632 - 11 July 1633, Tower (under King), (m.m.) • CAROLVS • D .' G .' MAG .' BRIT .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REX •:• smaller second horseman left, plume on headdress, sword over right shoulder, cross on housing, no ground line, rev. (m.m.) • CHRISTO •:• AVSPICE •:• REGNO •:• oval garnished shield over cross fourchée, dividing C-R above, scroll-topped harp, 29.859g, 8h, m.m. harp [over rose over plume] / harp (Hawkins 474 [Type 2a]; Francis 19a; FRC X*/XIV [Sale, lot 61]; Brooker 246 same dies; Barr 392; North 2193; S.2755), very faint stress marks in fields and the most minor planchet crimping at 6 o'clock on an otherwise a largely round flan, richly cabinet toned with handsome residual flaring in recesses, a most pleasing very fine / good very fine and superior to the Murdoch plate coin that graced these rooms in May 2022

Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 2 May 1900 - £4.0.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, May 1900 (P.3996, no. 62651) - "Tower Mint. Mm. Harp. A small plume upon the horse’s head. Rev. Oval shield. C—R at the top. Very scarce in this state. R. extremely fine" - £4.0.0

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Sold for
£4,500

Starting price
£5