Attractive Briot Unite

312, Lot: 33. Estimate $20000. Sold for $22000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Unite (33mm, 9.06 g, 6h). Briot’s First Milled issue. Tower mint (under Briot); im: flower. Struck 1631-1632. (flower) CAROLVS · D : G · MAGN · BRITANN · FRAN · ET · HIBER · REX ·, crowned bust left; ·XX· (mark of value) to right, tiny B (Briot’s mark) to left of flower / FLORENT · CONCORDIA · REGNA ·, crowned and garnished royal shield; crowned C R flanking, tiny B (Briot’s mark) to left of crown. Schneider, Tower, Variety 2, 2 (dies Daisy II/3); Brooker 706 (same dies); Schneider 273 (same dies); North 2294; SCBC 2719. Near EF. Unusually free of adjustment marks.

From the Clearwater Collection. Ex Künker 117 (28 September 2006), lot 5256.