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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 283

Charles I (1625-1649), Group III, Type 3a3, Halfcrown, 29 May 1643 - 15 July 1644, Tower (under Parliament), (P) • CAROLVS • D .' G .' MAG .' BRI .' FRA .' ET • HI .' REX •:• third Equestrian Portrait of King trotting left, brandishing upright sword, sash flying behind, no caparison or ground-line, rev. (P) • CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO • larger oval garnished shield, plain harp, 15.264g, 5h, m.m. (P) (Brooker 354-356; North 2213; S.2778), with attractive lustrous flare on a short but regular flan of full weight, a pleasing and bolder very fine, with an interesting 19th Century hoard pedigree

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 3 July 1899 - £1.0.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, July 1899 (P.3470, no. 55225) - "Mm. (P) A fine half-crown, just as struck, from the Cheltenham Hoard 1887. Rare mint-mark, extremely fine" - £0.15.0

Cheltenham Hoard (1887)



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