Exceptional York Halfcrown

Triton XV, Lot: 1922. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (35mm, 14.19 g, 12h). Type 6. York mint; im: lion passant. Struck 1643-1644. · CAROLVS · D : G · MAG · BRIT · FRAN · ET · HIB · REX ·, Charles on horseback trotting left, holding sword and reins; EBOR’ below / CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO ·, crowned and garnished coat-of-arms; crowned C R across field. Bull 569; Brooker 1083 (same dies); North 2314; SCBC 2868. With NGC ticket, graded AU 58, attractively toned, with underlying luster.