CNG 85, Lot: 1544. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (35mm, 14.86 g, 2h). Group I, type 1a. Tower mint; im: lis. Struck 1625. First horseman; ground line below horse; crowned rose on housing / Royal coat-of-arms with squared top within ornate frame over long cross fourchée. Bull 8/1c-I-0-16 (this coin cited on p. 341); Brooker 276 (same dies); North 2200; SCBC 2763. Good VF, toned, area of light porosity on obverse. Attractive first issue.

Ex Alan Morris Collection (purchased from Lloyd Bennett).