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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 115

Charles I, group III, Halfcrowns (2), Tower, type 3a2, late third horseman, king in armour holding sword upright, wearing cloak flying from shoulders, on unadorned horse striding left, horse´s head turned towards viewer, reads MA BR FR ET HI, rev. oval garnished shield, (i) 13.84g., m.m. tun (cf. JGB 341; N.2211; S.2775); (ii) 14.86g., anchor, with flukes to right (over tun on obverse) (JGB 342 (this coin); N.2211; S.2775) the first slightly porous, scored on obverse, on a round flan, fine, the second on a small flan, good fine, a rare overmark (2) Estimate £ 120-150PROVENANCE: (i) Lord Grantley, Glendining, 20 April 1944, lot 1574 H M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951 (ii) W E Ashley, collection purchase en bloc by Spink, 1969 J G Brooker, SCBI 33, no. 342

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