CNG 90, Lot: 2582. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Half Pound (45mm, 59.27 g, 7h). Declaration type. Oxford mint; im: plumes/-. Dated 1642. CAROLVS : D : G : MAGN : BRIT : FRAN : 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/ANG : LIBER : PAR in two lines between two parallel lines; above, three plumes above ·X·; I642 below. Brooker 867 (same dies); North 2404; SCBC 2945. VF, toned, minor flan crack. Struck on a broad, round flan.

From the Ian Gordon Collection (purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 2008). Ex Michael S. Tallent Collection (Stack’s, 24 April 2008), lot 103.