STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Crown (44mm, 30.11 g, 5h). Group IV. Tower (London) mint; im: eye. Struck under Parliament, 1645. (eye) · CAROLVS · D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET HIB : REX ·, Charles on horseback left, holding reins and sword / (eye) ·:· CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO ·:·, coat-of-arms. Cooper, Silver, XXIII/XXXIV; Brooker 271 (same dies); North 2198; SCBC 2761. Delightful surfaces and toning. Near EF. Rare.
From the J. de Wilde Collection, purchased privately from Classical Numismatic Group, July 2013. Ex Künker 233 (17 June 2013), lot 2329; H. Paget (Glendining, 25 September 1946), lot 86; E. Yates (purchased en-bloc by Baldwin, 1938); W. Symons (purchased en-bloc by Baldwin, 1932); L. E. Bruun (Part I, Sotheby & Co., 18 May 1925), lot 737; H. Allan (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 7 July 1908), lots 186 or 187.