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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 76

xCharles I, Triple-unite, 26.96g., Oxford, 1642, on larger module flan, improved ´Shrewsbury´ crowned half-length bust of king left, in armour, holding sword and olive branch, plume behind, reads MAG BRIT FRAN ET HI, rev. declaration RELIG:PROT LEGI:ANG LIBER:PAR in three lines on continuous scroll, value and three plumes above, date below, m.m. Oxford plume on obverse only (B-J dies III/L1; c.f. Schneider 288 (same obv. die); N.2382; S.2725), an imposing and most handsome coin, on a full round flan, with an attractive golden tone, and a strong portrait, almost extremely fine, very rare with declaration on continuous scroll Estimate £ 15,000-18,000 PROVENANCE:Glendining, 19 May 1964, lot 314 (´in beautiful state´)R Strauss, Sotheby, 26 May 1994, lot 101

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