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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 322

Charles I (1625-1649), Briot's First Milled Issue, Crown, 1631-1632, Tower (under King), dies engraved Nicholas Briot, (m.m.) CAROLVS • D : G • MAGN • BRITAN • FRAN • ET • HIBER • REX •, Briot's horseman left, sword upright, grassy ground line, rev. • CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO • (m.m.), crowned and garnished oval shield, dividing crowned C-R, 29.780g [459.58grns], 6h, m.m. B and flower / B (Brooker 714; North 2298; S.2852), unmistakeable flan undulation from the rocker-press mint process, and partially shorn square-cut planchet at 12 o'clock, otherwise pleasingly cabinet toned with underlying residual lustre, very fine, scarce

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 10 February 1898 - £3.15.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1898 (P.2605, no. 43185) - "Mm. Flower and B. CAROLVS • D : G • MAGN • BRITAIN • FRAN • ET • HIBER • REX • King seated on finely modelled horse, ground beneath, Rev. CHRISTO &c. Mm. only. Oval garnished shield, crowned, between C--R crowned. Rud XXI, 10. A fine and rare piece. RR. very fine" - £3.15.0

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Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£5