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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 153

Charles I, York mint, Halfcrown, 11,67g., type 3, small equestrian portrait of king in armour left, holding sword upright, no ground-line below, reads MAG BRI FR ET HI, rev. oval garnished shield, m.m. lion (JGB 1079 (this coin); Besly 1E; N.2311; S.2865) on a small round flan, scratches on edge, otherwise very fine, rare Estimate £ 600-800PROVENANCE: R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 2367 H H Snellenberg, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1965 J G Brooker, SCBI 33, no.1079

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