| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1251 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 'Fine Work' Shillings of the Tower Mint. Pattern AR Sixpence (28mm, 2.80 g, 4h). London mint; im: plume. Struck 1630-1631. Crowned bust left; VI (mark of value) to right / Coat-of-arms; plume above, C R flanking. Brooker –; North 2699. A most handsome coin. Machine struck on a full round flan. Deep tone with much golden lustre. Choice EF. Excessively rare. Ex S.A. Bole (Dix Noonan Webb 89, 29 September 2010 lot 1568; B.R. Osborne (Glendining, 23 April 1991), lot 242; H.M. Lingford Collection; T. Bliss (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 15 May 1916), lot 383; J.G. Murdoch (Sotheby, Wilknson, & Hodge, 8 June 1903), lot 314; H. Montagu (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 13 November 1896), lot 370; W. Brice Collection (purchased en bloc by Montagu) This beautiful pattern, possibly the product of the earliest endeavours of Nicholas Briot at the mint, is believed to be unique. Estimate: 5000 CHF |  |
