CNG 90, Lot: 2593. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (35mm, 15.21 g, 1h). Declaration type. Bristol mint; im: -/(BR). Dated 1643. · CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FR : ET : HIB : REX, Charles on horseback left, holding reins and raised sword; plumes to right / · EXVRGAT · DEVS · DISSIPENTVR · INIMICI ·, RELIG : PROT :/LE : AN : LI : PA : in two lines between two parallel lines; plumes above, I643 below. Brooker 971/973 (same obv./rev. die); North 2489; SCBC 3004. VF, toned, a few flaws on the obverse. Rare.

From the Ian Gordon Collection (purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 2010). Ex Baldwin’s 57 (23 September 2008), lot 419; Colin Adams Collection (Spink 177, 1 December 2005), lot 199.