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Auction: 3017 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 24

†Charles II, Pattern Crown, 21.49g., 1663, the "Reddite" Crown, struck in pewter by Thomas Simon, large laureate and draped bust of fine style facing right, struck in high relief, Simon in script below, carolvs ii.dei.gra toothed border both sides, rev.struck en medaille, crowned cruciform shields, twelve strings to Irish harp, Order of the Garter at centre, pair of interlinked C's in each angle, date either side of crown above English shield, .mag bri.fr et.hib rex.Edge, inscribed in raised letters of an inverted axis, reddite. qvÆ . cÆsaris . cÆsari & ct. post followed by clouds with sun emerging, (ESC 74 R6; L&S 7A; Bergne, Numismatic Chronicle 1854, p.142, no. 7 and 11, this coin presumably an additional specimen that has surfaced since 1854), light surface marks mainly on obverse, with some brilliance retained almost extremely fine and extremely rare Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 provenance S S Spiller, collection purchased by Spink, May 1956 N Asherson, Spink Auction 6, 10 October 1979, lot 169 Spink Numismatic Circular, November 1997, item 5616

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