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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 231

Charles I, Worcester mint, Halfcrown, 14.57g., similar equestrian portrait of king walking left, of cruder linear style, horse with ears pricked forward and bushy tail, no ground below, reads MAG BR FRAN ET HI RX (sic), rev. crowned oval draped shield, CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNA, double annulet/rose stops, no mintmark (JGB 1149 (same dies); Allen C-17; N.2592; S.3100) light old scratches in field below horse, otherwise an attractive example of this mint, very fine, rare Estimate £ 1,500-1,800PROVENANCE: Spink Auction 102, 2 March 1994, lot 751

Sold for
£1,800