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Auction 77  27 September 2012
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Lot 2710

Estimate: 8000 GBP
Price realized: 7000 GBP
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BRITISH COINS. Other Properties. Charles I, Silver Crown, 1642, Oxford mint, king on horseback left with upright sword, flowing sash behind, ground below, Shrewsbury plume above, no initial mark, rev declaration in two lines, value and three Oxford plumes above, date below, initial mark four pellets, 30.24g (Brooker 869; Morrieson A-1; N 2405; S 2945). One light scratch on the reverse to left of left plume and some light die flaws, struck at an earlier stage to the Brooker coin as the flaws are less evident, a little weak at one part at rear of horse and corresponding part of reverse, otherwise attractively toned, pleasing extremely fine and a super portrait of the King.
ex Spink / Glendinings, 27-28 November 1974, lot 597
ex UBS sale, 14-16 September 1999, lot 1521
ex E D J Van Roekel collection, Spink Auction 156, 15 November 2001, lot 64
ex Dr Riccardo Ferrari collection, Spink Auction 189, 27 June 2007, lot 57

Estimate: £8000-10,000
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