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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 84

xCharles II (1660-85), hammered coinage, Crown, 2.21g., first issue, class II, laureated and draped bust left, tie without loop, no mark of value, rev. crowned oval garnished shield with C R at sides, FLORENT CONCORDIA REGNA, m.m. crown on obverse only (Schneider dies O2/R1; Schneider -; N.2757; S.3303), a full and well struck example of this difficult little coin, good very fine, very rare thus Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 PROVENANCE:W M Maish, Sotheby, 25 March 1918, lot 386G Hamilton-Smith, Glendining, 23 May 1927, lot 53W L Raynes, Glendining, 15 February 1950, lot 283H Hird, Glendining, 9 December 1964, lot 38

Sold for
£2,400