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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 135

Charles I, Exeter mint, Halfcrown, 14.92g., 1645, m.m. rose/ex, king on horseback left, sash flying out behind, horse with a twister tail, rev., oval garnished shield, christo avspice regno (Besly N40; JGB 1059 (same dies); N.2570; S.3078), on a small thick flan, legends weak in parts, otherwise as struck, evenly toned, very fine or better, very rare Estimate £ 1,000-1,250 provenance: F M Richardson Currer, Sotheby, 11 August 1862 S Rostron, Sotheby, 16 May 1892, lot 286 A A Banes, Sotheby, 30 October 1922, lot 163 E H Wheeler, Sotheby, 12 March 1930, lot 406 Spink Numismatic Circular, June 1942, no.14884 £8-0-0

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