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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 66

Charles I, group I, Halfcrown, 14.90g., Tower, type 1a2, king in armour with sword over his shoulder, on horseback left, plumes on horse´s head and rump, no rose on housing, no groundline below, reads MAG BR FR ET HI, rev. long cross fourchée over garnished square shield, m.m. lis (JGB 279 (this coin); N.2201; S.2764) a superb example, on a wonderful full round flan, the details of the horseman clear and well struck up, extremely fine, very rare thus Estimate £ 2,000-2,500PROVENANCE: E C Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950 J G Brooker, SCBI 33, no.279

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