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Auction 20004  24 Mar 2020
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Lot 286

Starting price: 140 GBP
Price realized: 800 GBP
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Charles I (1625-49), Shilling, a contemporary forgery from false dies, struck in fine silver, in the style of Group E, type 4.2, Tower, 3.83g, 1h, m.m. anchor [?] flukes inward facing to right, carolvs dg mag brit fr et hib rex, crude portrait left, large xii behind, rev. •(m.m.)• chrisio • avspice •• regno, square-topped shield over cross moline (Brooker –; cf. Besly, pl. 8, no. 5 ~ for portrait type; cf. N.2228; cf. S.2794), small flan split at 11 o'clock, otherwise a bold very fine, an excellent example of this curious imitation.
provenance
Found Barnt Green, Warwickshire (acquired Birmingham, 18 March 2008)
With inventory slip from Warwickshire Museum [E/888], stating: 'Hopwood, May-June 1987'
Estimate: £200 - £250
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