Ex Cooper, Ryan, and Vaughn-Morgan Collections
Only Recorded Example
Triton XIV, Lot: 1651. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Crown (41mm, 28.94 g, 8h). Group I. Tower mint; im: lis 1b. Struck 1625. CAROLVS D’. G’. MA’. BR’. FR’. ET HI’. REX, Charles I riding left on caparisoned horse, holding reins with left hand and sword in raised right hand / CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO (triple pellets), garnished royal coat-of-arms; crowned plumes aboove. Cooper,
Silver lis 1b, 2 (dies VI/VI) and Note 1 (this coin; only obv. illustrated); cf. Brooker 235 (for type; same rev. die); North 2191; SCBC 2754. VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die. The only recorded example of this Cooper obverse die.
Ex V.J.E Ryan Collection (Part II, Glendining’s, 22 January 1952), lot 1060; Sir Kenyon Vaughn-Morgan Collection (not in Sotheby sale).