| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1278 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. AR Halfcrown (37mm, 14.40 g, 4h). Exeter mint; im: rose. Dated 1644. Charles on horseback trotting left, holding sword and reins / Coat-of-arms. Bull 665/32 (this coin cited); Besly N32.2 = Brooker 1051 (this coin); North 2568; SCBC 3076 (this coin illustrated). Very minor doubling but much as struck from very fresh dies. Richly toned. EF. Excellent detail to king. Rare thus. Ex J.G. Brooker Collection; R.P.V. Brettell (Glendining's, 28 October 1970), lot 376; S. Simpson Collection (purchased en bloc by Brettell, 1955). This coin exhibited, Coins, Crown & Conflict, American Numismatic Association, Money Museum, 2007. Estimate: 3000 CHF |  |
