Spink > Auction 23005 | Auction date: 12 December 2023 |
Lot number: 562 Price realized: 520 GBP (Approx. 653 USD / 606 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Charles I (1625-1649), (4) Group III, Type 3a3 [Brooker Type 4], Halfcrown, 1645, Tower (under Parliament), (m.m.) o CAROLVS o D .' G .' MAG .' FRI .' FRA .' ET o HIB .' REX [sic] FRI over BRA in error, crude third horseman King trotting left, sword upright, rev. (m.m.) o CHRISTO o AVSPICE o REGNO o inverted N in REGNO, oval garnished shield, 15.05g [232.2grns], 11h, m.m. eye (Bull 507a/35; Hawkins 3a3; Francis 3c; Brooker 359-361; Dr Burstal [1968], 283 same dies; North 2213; Spink 2778), old cabinet tone with specks of red wax in CHRISTO, on a neater round flan, strictly only marginally better than fine / almost very fine, scarce; another, 14.40g [222.2grns], 3h, m.m. (P) (Bull 500i/35[?]; Hawkins 3a3; Francis 3c; Brooker 354-356; North 2213; Spink 2778), struck on an irregular dumpy flan, darkly toned, a bolder fine; another, 14.78g [228.0grns], 2h, m.m. (R) (Bull 500/36 ~this die pairing previously unrecorded; Hawkins 3a3; Francis 3c; Brooker 357-358; North 2213; Spink 2778), struck on an irregular flan with occasional striking softness and evidence of doubling, otherwise cabinet toned with residual lustre in legends, a bolder fine; another, 14.23g [219.2grns], 3h, m.m. sun (Bull 524h/33; Hawkins 3a3; Francis 3c; Brooker 362-363; North 2213; Spink 2778), waterworn and lightly porous, a scuff on horse's flank, otherwise struck details a really bold fine (4). Provenance, i) By private treaty, 1985 - R C Lockett VII [English Part III], Glendining, 4-6 November 1958, lot 3407 - £7.10.0 [part] ii) Warwick & Warwick Auction, 11 March 2004, lot 779 - £132, iii) 'IF', by private treaty, 1987 - £25 iv) By private treaty - £24 Estimate: £400 - £600 |