Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1393. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (15.32 g, 1h). Bristol mint; im: plume. Dated 1644. Charles riding left, holding reins and sword; plume to right / RELIG : PROT :/LE : AN : LI : PA in two lines across field; three plumes above; date and BR monogram below. Morrieson, Bristol, type D/10 ; cf. Brooker 975-80/982-8 (for obv./rev. die); North 2490; SCBC 3008. Good VF, toned, some minor weakness and roughness near edges.

Ex Davisson’s 25 (1 February 2007), lot 131.