| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1294 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. The Commonwealth, 1649-1660. Pattern AR Halfcrown (34mm, 15.22 g, 6h). Blondeau's mint, Drury House, London; im: sun. Dies by T. Simon. Dated 1651. (sun) · THE COMMONWEALTH · OF · ENGLAND ·, coat-of-arms within wreath of palm frond and olive branch / · GOD · WITH · VS · 1651, two coats-of-arms; II VI (mark of value) above. Edge: TRVTH : AND : PEACE : 1651 : (olive branch) : PETRVS : BLONDÆVS : INVENTOR : FECIT · (palm frond). Bull, Silver 63; ESC 444; North 2732. A few very faint adjustment marks and the slightest of cabinet friction on reverse. Richly toned with blazing underlying brilliance. Superb EF. An exceptional example of the earliest milled silver Halfcrown. Ex Marshall (Spink 167, 31 March 2004), lot 151; Spink Numismatic Circular List 7 (July 1942), no. 15440; W. L. Gantz Collection (purchased en bloc by Seaby, 1926); J. Dudman (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 December 1913), lot 487. Estimate: 8000 CHF |  |
