Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1145. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $3150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Crown (29.71 g, 2h). Group I, first horseman, type 1a. Tower mint; im: lis. Struck 1625. CAROLVS D’ • G’ • MAG • BRI’ • FRA’ • ET HIB’ • REX, Charles, armored, on horseback left, raising sword in right hand, left hand holding rein; plume on horse’s head and rump / CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO, ornate coat of arms of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland over long cross fourchée. Cooper, Silver, 8 (dies IV/II); Brooker 233 (same dies); North 2190; SCBC 2753. VF, toned.

Ex Lord Smith of Marlow [Rodney Smith] Collection (photofile coin 10).