CNG 90, Lot: 2583. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Half Pound (48mm, 59.01 g, 9h). 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 868 (same dies); North 2404; SCBC 2945. Fine, toned, some doubling on the obverse and scratches on the reverse. Rare.

From the Ian Gordon Collection. Ex Paul McIlroy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group E-Auction 66, 11 June 2003), lot 162.