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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 225

Charles I, Exeter mint, Halfcrown, 13.59g., 1645, ill-conformed Exeter horseman walking left, holding sword upright, horse with twisted tail, rev. oval shield garnished with five small and one large scroll, date to left of mintmark, pellet stops, m.m. rose/Ex (JGB 1059 (same obv. die); Besly N42; N.2570; S.3078) flan flaw by horse´s hind legs, scratched on both sides under an old tone, good fine, very rare Estimate £ 600-800PROVENANCE: S Simpson, collection purchased privately by R P V Brettell, 1955 R P V Brettell, Glendining, 28 October 1970, lot 380

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