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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 181

Charles I, Oxford mint, Halfcrown, 14.34g., 1644, Briot horseman walking left, plain ground below, Oxford plume behind, rev. declaration RELIG:PRO:LE ANG LIB:PAR in two lines, three Oxford plumes above, date and OX below, double/single pellet stops, m.m. Oxford plume on obverse only (JGB 906 (this coin); Morr. C-2; N.2424; S.2958) weak on the king´s head, otherwise evenly struck, very fine, rare Estimate £ 600-800PROVENANCE: H Farquhar, Glendining, 25 April 1955, lot 80 Dr E Burstal, Glendining, 15 May 1968, lot 416 J G Brooker, SCBI 33, no.906 P Hunt, portion of collection purchased en bloc by Colin Adams, March 2000

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