BRITISH COINS, Civil War Siege Coinage, Charles I, Obsidional Coinage, Carlisle besieged, Silver Shilling, 1645, C:R crowned with tri-pellets either side, value XII. below, within linear circle, cross on top of crown breaks circle, border of dots surrounding, plain crown band, eight pellet jewels on upper arches, two pellets in within crown arches, rev legend in two lines, OBS CARL / 1645. short line above L, pellet in O, pierced rosette below, linear circle and border of dots surrounding, 4.85g (Brooker -; Nelson 4; N 2636; S 3139). Well struck for issue, good very fine, toned and the rarer of the two types of Shilling, extremely rare.
ex St James's Auction 1, 13 October 2004, lot 473
Estimate: £15,000-18,000