CNG 90, Lot: 2553. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Crown (43mm, 29.55 g, 2h). Group III, type 3a. Tower (London) mint; im: crown/crown (over bell). Struck 1635-1636. CAROLVS · D’ · G’ · MAG’ · BRI’ · FR’ · ET · HI’ · REX ·:·, Charles on horseback left, holding reins and raised sword / + CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO +, garnished coat-of-arms. Cooper, Silver dies XVI/XX; Brooker 258 (same dies); North 2195; SCBC 2758. VF, toned, some minor striking weakness, a few marks in the field.

From the Ian Gordon Collection (acquired in York, 1994).