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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 126

Charles I, Pattern Threepence, 1.40g., by Nicholas Briot, 1634, Briot's crowned bust of king left to bottom of coin, with rose and iiid behind, car d g mag brit fr et h r around, rev., long cross over square shield, 1634 above, salvs reipvb svprema lex (JGB 1253 (same dies); N.2681), a lovely little coin, in mint state with lustrous grey-pink/golden-blue toning, extremely rare thus Estimate £ 1,000-1,250 provenance: J D Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June 1854, lot 1227 (2 in lot) J B Bergne, Sotheby, 20 May 1873, lot 843 S Addington, collection purchased en bloc by H Montagu, 1883 H Montagu, Sotheby, 13 November 1896, lot 401 R Huth, Sotheby, 4 April 1927, lot 391 T B Clarke Thornhill, Glendining, 24 May 1937, lot 499 Spink Numismatic Circular, January 1943, no.17807 £15-0-0 It is curious that the above two coins have been separated for only fourteen of the last 150 years.

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