Very Rare Truro/Exeter Halfcrown

CNG 96, Lot: 1424. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (35mm, 15.12 g, 6h). Exeter mint; im: rose. Struck 1643-1645. CAROLVS · D : G : MAG : BR : FR : ET · HI : REX, Charles on horseback left, holding reins with left hand and sword in right; rough ground line / CHRISTO [·] AVSPICE [·] REGNO, coat-of-arms. Besly dies K/18; Bull 661/18 (Truro or Exeter); Brooker 1029A (Truro or Exeter); North 2555 (Truro or Exeter); SCBC 3068. Good VF, toned. Well struck, with much more detail on obverse than usually encountered. Rare.

From the Arthur Chesser Collection.