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Auction 17  13 Mar 2025
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Lot 22

Starting price: 1200 GBP
Price realized: 1600 GBP
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Charles I (1625-49), gold Double Crown or Half-Unite of Ten Shillings, group A, class II, first crowned bust left in Coronation robe, bust 1a, single jewelled outer arch to flat wide crown, value X in field behind, all within inner beaded circle, initial lis (1625) both sides, pellet stops in Latin legend and outer toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS. D.G. MAG. BR. FR: ET. HI: REX, rev. crowned quartered shield in frame, inner beaded circle surrounding, lozenge stops in Latin legend and outer toothed border surrounding, CVLTORES SVI DEVS PROTEGIT., no stops in legend, 4.47g (Schneider 174; Brooker 130; N.2159; S.2698). Toned, flan a little undulating, a couple of weaker areas, with a pleasing portrait, some light surface marks, rim imperfection, a bold very fine.The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland"; and on the reverse "God protects His worshippers."
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