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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 235

Charles I, Worcester mint, Halfcrown, 12.21g., small ´Briot´ style equestrian portrait of the king walking left, holding sword sloping forward, ground below, reads MAG BRI FRA ET HIB, rev. crowned oval draped shield, CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO, pellet/rose stops, m.m. leopard´s head (?) on obverse only (JGB 1152 (same dies); Allen D-22; N.2594; S.3103) struck off-centre on a small flan, fine, very rare Estimate £ 500-600PROVENANCE: Glendining, 12 October 1994, lot 216

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