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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 59

Charles II (1660-1685), Crown, 1662, first laureate and draped bust right, rev. stop by HIB, crowned shields cruciform, early quartered shields, ten strings to harp, DECVS ET TVTAMEN upwards on edge, 29.87g, 6h (Bull 340; ESC 15A; Spink 3350), a planchet flaw at 9 o'clock, lightly toned, almost extremely fine,

Provenance
SNC, May 1952, no. 5002 - very slight striking split on edge, otherwise extremely fine, toned, and rare thus, EF - £7.0.0 [acquired, 6 May 1952]
Davidson, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1935
George Jonathan Bascom, Sotheby's, 15-16 June 1914, lot 198* - an extremely fine piece, and very rare in this state - £2.6.0 [Spink]

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Sold for
£3,200

Starting price
£3200