Largest British Silver Issue

CNG 88, Lot: 2048. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Pound (44mm, 120.09 g, 12h). Oxford mint; im: Shrewsbury plume. Dated 1642. CAROLVS : D : G : MAGNI : BRITANI : FRAN : ET : HIB : REX, Charles on horseback riding left, holding reins and sword; Oxford plume to right, pile of arms below / ·:·:· EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI, RELIG · PROT · LEG/ANG · LIBER · PAR in two lines between parallel lines; above, three Oxford plumes above ·XX· (denomination); 1642 below. Morrieson, Oxford, dies B-2; Brooker 860 (same dies); North 2398; SCBC 2940. VF, toned, small die flaw on the reverse. Attractive, well-centered strike.

Ex Baldwin’s 40 (3 May 2005), lot 239.