Vyvyan’s (Exeter) Mint
CNG 90, Lot: 2598. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Crown (43mm, 28.41 g, 4h). Vyvyan’s (Exeter) mint; im: rose. Dated 1644. : CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET : HI : REX, Charles on horseback left, holding reins and raised sword / CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO · I644 ·, garnished coat-of-arms. Brooker 1034 (same obv. die); North 2557; SCBC 3058. VF, toned, struck from flawed reverse die.
From the Ian Gordon Collection. Ex Marian A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 1534.