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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 593

Charles I, Pontefract besieged, 1648-1649, shilling, 5.15g, 1648, on an octagonal flan crowned cr, dvm:spiro:spero, rev. castle gateway with raised portcullis, a cannon protruding to right, obs to left, tower above flying flag, dividing pc, carolvs:secvndvs:1648 (N. 2548; S.3150), obverse crown double struck, weakness in legends as usual, pleasing tone, extremely fine, very rare thus Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 provenance EW Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21 June-1 July, 1909, lot 1010 RC Lockett, Glendining, 16 October 1956, lot 2572 Willis, Glendining, 5 June 1991, lot 366

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