Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 42
Charles I, Crown, 30.08g., Tower mint under Parliament, group 4, m.m. eye, compact portrait of king on horseback three-quarters left, holding sword upright, reads bri fra et hib, rev. oval garnished shield (FRC XXIII/XXXIV; N.2198; S.2838), a lovely example, evenly toned and well struck on a full round flan, extremely fine, very rare thus Estimate £3,000-3,500 provenance:
E E Yates, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1938
H M Lingford, Glendining, 24 October 1950, lot 122
Sold for
£7,800