STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (35mm, 14.53 g, 10h). Declaration type. Oxford mint. Dated 1643. (plume) CAROLVS · D : G: MAG : BR : FR : ET · HIB : REX, Charles on horseback left, holding sword in left hand (Briot horseman); Oxford plume to upper right / * EXVRGAT * DEVS * DISSIPENTVR * INIMICI :, RELI · PRO · LE/ ANG · LIB · PAR in two lines between parallel lines; above, three Oxford plumes; below, 1643 over OX. Morrieson, Oxford I/24; Bull 606/24 (this coin cited p. 404); Brooker 898 (this coin); North 2416; SCBC 2957. Undoubtedly the finest known. Unusually well struck on a round flan. Deeply toned. Near EF. Very rare thus. .
From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLII.3 (Summer 2017), no. 457688; C. Adams Collection (Spink 177, 1 December 2005), lot 180; J. G. Brooker Collection, 898 (purchased en bloc by Spink, 1986); V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Glendining, 28 June 1950), lot 1242; George Hamilton-Smith (23 May 1927), lot 339c; W. Talbot Ready Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 November 1920), lot 687c.