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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 589

Charles I, Oxford Mint, 1642-1646, Pound, 220.79g, 1642, fine work (Brooker obverse A), m.m. plume/pellets king bearing sword, riding left over arms, sash extended behind, Oxford plume in field, rev. Declaration in two lines relig:prot:leg.angl:liber:par, xx, above with three Shrewsbury plumes, date below (c.f Brooker 859; North 2396; S.2937; Morr. A1), clear portrait of king, slightly irregular flan on reverse, obverse legend not struck up at kings name, minor field nicks, a fine example of this coin, very fine, rare Estimate £ 6,000-7,000 The design of the fine work Pound is attributed to Thomas Rawlins. provenance Willis, Glendining, 5 June 1991, lot 275

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