The Mint at Aberystwyth
CNG 90, Lot: 2573. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Shilling (31mm, 5.64 g, 4h). Aberystwyth mint; im: book. Struck 1638/9-1642. · CAROLVS · D’ · G’ · MAG’ · BR’ · FR’ · ET · HI’ · REX ·, bust left, crowned and mantled; plumes to left, XII to right / CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO, garnished oval coat-of-arms; plumes above. Morrieson,
Aberystwyth, dies A-1; Brooker 747-8 (same obv. die); North 2328; SCBC 2881. VF, toned, a few marks, scrape on the reverse. Struck on a broad, round flan.
From the Ian Gordon Collection (purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 2010). Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 85 (17 March 2010), lot 448.