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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 151

Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, 'Declaration' Half-Pound of 10-Shillings, 1642, (m.m.) CAROLVS : D : G : MAG N : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HIB : REX ·, Shrewsbury horseman riding left, holding upright sword, trampled arms below, plume behind, rev. EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI : | RELIG · PROT · LEG | ANG · LIBER · PAR in two lines, three even Oxford plumes and · X · above, date below, 60.31g [930.74grns], 2h, m.m. plume (Morr. A-1; Brooker 866; North 2404; S.2944), striking-split to flan at 6 o'clock and lightly graffitied X in obverse field, doubling to legends and devices, with a light tone, very fine, an imposing example of this iconic Civil War issue

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£3,500

Starting price
£1200