Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 18
Charles II, hammered coinage, Double-crown, 4.12g., first issue, class II, narrower laureated and draped bust left, no mark of value, rev. crowned oval garnished shield with cr at sides, m.m. crown on obverse only (Schneider dies O2/R4; Schneider 384 (same dies); N.2755; S.3302), struck on a small flan, otherwise good very fine with reverse lustre, very rare Estimate £2,000-2,500 provenance:
P W P Carlyon-Britton, hammered gold collection purchased by Seaby, 1937
Dr E C Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950
Sold for
£2,800