Watch List notes:

(x) PCGS XF40 | Charles I (1625-1649), Group I, Type 1a3, Crown, 1625-1626, Tower (under King), , (m.m.) • CAROLVS D.' G.' MAG.' BRI.' FR.' ET HI[B].' REX • first horseman left, ornately decorated caparison, sword over right shoulder breaking inner circle, plume on headdress and on housing, rev. (m.m.) CHRI | STO AV | SPICE REGNO square-topped and garnished shield over cross fourchée, 30.02g, 4h, m.m. cross calvary [over lis] / cross calvary (Hawkins 1a; Francis 7; FRC II*/VII, lot 48; Brooker 236 [same obv. die as 231]; Os 12/26 this coin; North 2190; Spink 2753), striking split at 10, 12 and 4 o'clock and softness to higher points on central devices, otherwise nicely cabinet toned, almost very fine for strike, rare, in PCGS holder, generously graded XF40 (Cert. #84064550).
Provenance
Davissons 36, February 2017, lot 156
DNW 135, 21 March 2016, lot 646
DNW 127, 8 December 2014, lot 2399 [unsold]
Davissons 19, 1 May 2003, lot 181
B R Osborne, Glendining, 23 April 1991, lot 109
Estimate: £1200 - £1800