STUART, Siege money. Pontefract. 1648-1649. AR Shilling (30mm, 4.35 g, 6h). In the name of Charles II. Dated 1648. CAROL' : II : D : G : MAG : BR · ET : H : REX, crown; below, HANC : DE/VS : DEDIT/I648 in three lines / POST : MORTEM : PATRIS : PRO : FILIO, castle gateway with flag; OBS to left, P C above, cannon protruding to the right. Brooker 1235 (same dies); North 2649; SCBC 3151. Toned, small mark at bottom of obverse. VF. Well struck on a broad flan. Rare.
From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Triton XII (6 January 2009), lot 1146; Spink 174 (30 June 2005), lot 119.