CNG 90, Lot: 2559. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Shilling (29mm, 5.95 g, 12h). Group F (North E; ‘Aberystwyth’), class IV.2. Tower (London) mint; im: tun. Struck 1636-1638. CAROLVS · D’ · G’ · MA’ · BR’ · FR’ · ET · HI’ · REX ·, bust 1 left, crowned and mantled; XII to right / · CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO ·, square-topped coat-of-arms over cross moline. Sharp F1/1; Brooker 514 (same rev. die); North 2228; SCBC 2794. VF, toned, some minor striking weakness.

From the Ian Gordon Collection (purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 2004).