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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 348

Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, 'Declaration' Halfcrown, 1643, New Hall Inn, (i.m.) CAROLVS • D : G : MAG : BRIT : FR : ET • HI : REX • dumpy Equestrian Portrait of King trotting left, brandishing upright sword, sash flies behind, plume behind, no ground-line below, rev. : EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI, RELIG : PROT : LEG : | ANG : LIBER : PAR : in two lines, three even plumes above, large 1643 below, 14.060g, 12h, i.m. plume (Morrieson D-3; Brooker 888-890 same obverse die; Bull 602/5; North 2413; S.2954), an exquisite example, stupendously lustrous with a rich overlying cabinet tone, the reverse further accentuated with fiery-orange hues, a really pleasingly good very fine, the portrait gloriously sharp, and with an important 19th Century hoard pedigree

Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)
Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 9 April 1901 - £2.0.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, April 1901 (P.4592, no. 71293) - "Another, similar. Unusually round. From the Cheltenham Hoard. R. very fine" - £2.0.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, May 1900 (P.3997, no. 62697) - "Oxford Mint. 1643. Mm. Plume. 'Declaration' Type. Ex Cheltenham Hoard. R. extremely fine" - £2.0.0

Cheltenham Hoard (1887)

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Sold for
£2,000

Starting price
£5