CNG 106, Lot: 1131. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Pound (53mm, 118.90 g, 7h). Declaration type. Oxford mint; im: plume with bands. Dated 1642. CAROLVS : D : G : MAGNI : BRITANI : FRANC : ET : HIBER : REX :, Charles, holding reins with left hand and sword in right, on horseback left, trampling arms below; plume to right / RELIG : PROT : LEG/ANGL : LIBER : PAR in two lines between parallel lines; three Oxford plumes and XX (mark of value) above, 1642 below. Morrieson, Oxford C/2 (same obv. die as illustration); Brooker 861 (same dies); North 2399; SCBC 2939. Fine, toned, minor edge knocks. Rare.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased from Stephen Harvey, 1998.