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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 72

Charles I, group I, Halfcrown, 14.77g., Tower, type 1a3, king in armour on horseback left, plumes on horse´s head and rump, no rose on housing, no groundline below, reads MAG BR FR ET HIB, rev. lightly garnished square shield, m.m. cross calvary (JGB 285 (this coin); N.2202; S.2766) horse slightly ghosted on parts of shield, otherwise deeply toned, with an excellent portrait of the king, good very fine Estimate £ 500-600PROVENANCE: H Webb, Sotheby, 9 July 1894, lot 397 H Montagu, Sotheby, 13 November 1896, lot 303 H W Morrieson, Sotheby, 20 November 1933, lot 465 R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 2276 J G Brooker, SCBI 33, no.285

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