Charles I Silver Half Pound Shrewsbury
Charles I Silver Half Pound
Shrewsbury
1642
58.95g 46.4mm
Spink – 2923
North – 2362/67
Brooker - 803 (This coin)
Obverse:
CAROLVS D G MAGN BRITAN FR ET HIB REX. Shrewsbury horseman over arms, scarf flying from king's waist, plume above.
Reverse:
EXVRGAT DEVS DISSIPENTVR INIMICI. Declaration RELIG PROT LEG ANG LIBER PAR in two lines, three plumes with pellets and X above and date 1642 below.
Fine and toned. Obverse struck from a pound die reading BRITAN. Extremely rare, this coin being the single Brooker example and Hulett noting only 3 other known examples.
Ex J. G. Brooker Collection - SCBI 33 - No 803
Ex H. M. Lingford Collection, Glendining Auction, 24-6 Oct 1950 - Lot 150 (Illustrated)
Ex F. A. Walters Collection, Part II, Sotheby's Auction, 24 Oct 1932 - Lot 524
Data sheet
- Metal
- Silver
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