CNG 90, Lot: 2587. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Half Pound (47mm, 59.78 g, 8h). Declaration type. Oxford mint; im: plumes/-. Dated 1643. 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·; I643 below. Cf. Brooker 866-8 (same obv. die, but dated 1642); North 2404; SCBC 2945A. VF, toned. Struck on a broad flan.

From the Ian Gordon Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (2 May 2002), lot 2402.