image

Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 21064 - The Horace Hird Collection of Tudor, Stuart and Commonwealth Coins and Patterns
Lot: 50

AU58 | Charles I (1603-1625), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, Triple-Unite [of 60-Shillings] or Three Pound Piece, 3 January - 24 March 1642, New Inn Hall, (p.m.) CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HI : REX, small crowned and armoured 'Shrewsbury' bust left, holding long sword and olive branch, plume with band behind, rev. • EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI RELIG : PROT : | LEGI : ANG | LIBER : PAR in continuous three-lined scroll, three even plumes with bands and III above, 1642 below, 26.80g [413.2grns], 4h, p.m. plume (HCN 346; Morrieson B-4; Beresford-Jones III/L.1; Durlacher 279 same dies; Montagu III, 468 = O'Hagan 147 same dies; Murdoch II, 2 = Watters 377 = Brooker 834 = Magnus 946 same dies; Vaughan-Morgan 235 = Barnes 170 = Burford 32260 same dies; Lockett 4193 this coin; Schneider II, 286-89/297 same dies; North 2382; Spink 2724), somewhat bright, with an additional scuff to reverse 9 o'clock, otherwise the usual die flaws for issue, handsomely uniform, almost extremely fine for strike, a very rare die combination not found in the Schneider collection and represented by perhaps only eight examples of this short-lived 'Cavalier' coinage in private hands, in NGC 'Horace Hird' holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #6135299-039)

Provenance
A Lost Parcel from the Celebrated Horace Hird Collection
R C Lockett, Part IV, Glendining, 26-27 April 1960, lot 4193 - £130.0.0 [with his ticket]
Charles Butler, Sotheby's, 3 July 1911, lot 625 [illus.] - very fine and a very rare variety; the bust small and well within inner border - £12.15.0 [Rollin & Feuardent]


Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£65,000

Starting price
£25000