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Auction: 3017 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 21

†Charles II, Pattern Broad, 1662, struck in silver, 9.48gms., laureate and draped bust left, wreath of 10 leaves and 4 large berries, very feint letter S below, car.ii.d.g.m.br . fr.et.hi.rex toothed border both sides, rev.inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms, date above, florent . concordia . regna. edge, plain (cf.North 2780; S.3337A), very light hairline in obverse field, tiny nick by EG of REGNA on reverse, otherwise, very attractively toned good extremely fine and very rare, not recorded in silver by North or in detail about the leaves and berries Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 provenance Samuel Tyssen, Leigh and Sotheby, 12 April 1802, lot 3014 Marmaduke Trattle, Sotheby, 30 May 1832, lot 2723 Lt. Col. W Durrant, Sotheby, 19 April 1847, lot 823 G Sparkes, Sotheby, 25 November 1848, lot 162 W Brice, collection purchased by H Montagu H Montagu, Sotheby, 13 November 1896, lot 830 J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 8 June 1903, lot 633 Purchased from Spink & Son, December 1992

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