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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 272

Charles I (1625-1649), Group I, Type 1a¹, Halfcrown, 7 July 1625 - 29 June 1626, Tower (under King), (m.m.) CA / ROLVS • D • G • MAG • BRI • FR • ET HI • REX, first Equestrian Portrait of King trotting left, brandishing sword with S-shaped hilt breaking legend, Ostrich Plume on head dress and atop crupper, crowned Tudor rose on caparison, plain ground-line, rev. • CHRI[S] | TO • AVS | PICE • R | EGNO • (m.m.) • square-topped and garnished shield over long cross fleury, bird-headed harp with six strings, 14.939g, 8h, m.m. lys (Hawkins 1a¹; G R Francis, BNJ 1917, Pl. I/4 same obverse die; Brooker 277; Bull 5/1d-S this muling unlisted; North 2200; S.2763), some doubling to legends and resultant peripheral softness, otherwise residually lustrous and uniformly cabinet toned, a bolder fine to almost very fine, from the same reverse die as the next

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 3 July 1899 - £0.15.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, July 1899 (P.3469, no. 55205) - "Another, similar type and mm., except that it is without the ground beneath the horse. Rud. XIX, 1, rare, very fine" - £0.15.0


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