Shrewsbury Mint

CNG 90, Lot: 2578. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Pound (49mm, 85.85 g, 8h). Declaration type. Shrewsbury mint. Dated 1642. CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRITAN : FR : ET : HIB : REX ·, Charles on horseback left, holding reins and raised sword; horse trampling on arms; plumes to right / :·: EXVRGAT · DEVS · DISSIPENTVR · INIMICI, RELIG : PROT : LEG/ANGL : LIBER : PAR in two lines between two parallel lines; above, three plumes above XX; I642 below. Morrieson, Shrewsbury, dies D/4; Lingford 143 (same dies); cf. Brooker 797/796 (for obv. type/same rev. die); North 2362; SCBC 2918. VF, toned, typical die breaks on the obverse, minor marks under the tone. High grade for issue. Very rare.

From the Ian Gordon Collection (purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 2010). Ex Michael S. Tallent Collection (Stack’s, 24 April 2008), lot 89; Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 1004.