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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 137

Charles II, Crown, 29.94g., 1666, elephant provenance mark below second laureate and draped bust facing right, carolvs.ii. dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, six strings to Irish harp, Garter Star at centre, pair of interlinked C's in each angle, re.x error in legend, date either side of crown above English shield, .mag. br.fra. et.hib. re.x, edge, inscribed in raised letters +.decvs.et.tvtamen..*.anno.regni.xviii. (ESC 34 R2; S.3356), area of scratches at top of bust extending to edge of coin, edge lettering obscured from this attempted removal of a surface corrosion deposit, otherwise very fine, toned, very rare Estimate £600-800 provenance Hon. R Marsham, Sotheby, 19 November 1888, lot 730 pt. C E G Mackerell, Sotheby, 14 May 1906, lot 21 Dr T Wakley, Sotheby, 6 December 1909, lot 131 M A Brigg, "North Country Collector," Glendining, 23 May 1939 lot 437 Capt. H E G Paget, Glendining, 25 September 1946, lot 246 for £16

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