Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 4 21 Sep 2021
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Charles I (1625-49), silver pattern Unite, 1630, by Nicholas Briot, elaborate bare bust of king left, with flowing hair and lace collar, legend and beaded border surrounding, CAROLVS. D: G. MAGN. BRITANN. FRANC. ET. HIB. REX., initial mark flower on obverse only, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, crowned C to left, crowned R to right, initial mark of St. George slaying the dragon, date above, legend and beaded border surrounding, AVSPICIIS. REX. MAGNE. TVIS 1630, terminal mark small B, 9.97g (cf. Brooker, 1242-in gold; N.-:S.-). As struck with only light surface marks, exceptionally well preserved, excessively rare, one of the only specimens in private hands, amongst the finest examples of Charles I's portraiture.
Of the highest rarity with exceptionally few auction appearances to date. The 2007 Glenister catalogue noted: "Pattern Unites by Nicolas Briot dated 1630 with the bare head within the inner circle are known in gold and silver. Montagu, 1896, had an example in gold, lot 389, reading hib, (later Murdoch 1903, lot 283, Brooker no.1242 and Selig 211), but no example in silver of this type existed in either Murdoch or Montagu. It is thought that this coin is the silver version of the Montagu/Murdoch/Brooker gold example and was struck from the same dies. Examples with the legend reading hibe are also known in gold (Montagu 1896, lot 390) and silver (Montagu 1896, lot 391)."
Provenance:
Ex Glenister Collection, Part I, Spink Coin Auction 3024, 27 September 2007, lot 490
(£20,000-£30,000)
Of the highest rarity with exceptionally few auction appearances to date. The 2007 Glenister catalogue noted: "Pattern Unites by Nicolas Briot dated 1630 with the bare head within the inner circle are known in gold and silver. Montagu, 1896, had an example in gold, lot 389, reading hib, (later Murdoch 1903, lot 283, Brooker no.1242 and Selig 211), but no example in silver of this type existed in either Murdoch or Montagu. It is thought that this coin is the silver version of the Montagu/Murdoch/Brooker gold example and was struck from the same dies. Examples with the legend reading hibe are also known in gold (Montagu 1896, lot 390) and silver (Montagu 1896, lot 391)."
Provenance:
Ex Glenister Collection, Part I, Spink Coin Auction 3024, 27 September 2007, lot 490
(£20,000-£30,000)