| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1234 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The Geoffrey Cope Collection of British Coins. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Unite (33.5mm, 9.05 g, 9h). Group B. London mint; im: heart. Struck 1629-1630. Crowned second bust left, wearing ruff; XX (mark of value) to right / Crowned coat-of-arms. Schneider, Tower Group B, Class Ia/Ib, 3; Brooker 58-9 var. (legend stops); Schneider 127-8 var. (same); North 2149; SCBC 2688 (this coin illustrated). Faint hairline in obverse field. Nevertheless a most handsome coin. Toned with traces of underlying lustre. Near EF. The portrait well struck up. Rare thus. Ex I. Ure (M. Rasmussen FPL 2 [Spring 2002]), no. C119; H. Selig (Spink 70, 31 May 1989), lot 16; H.L. Farquhar (Glendining, 25 April 1955), lot 7; G. Hamilton Smith (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 21 July 1913), lot 57. Estimate: 6000 CHF |  |
