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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 160

Charles I, Aberystwyth mint, Halfcrown, 15.04g., obverse B, king in armour, wearing cloak flying from shoulders, seated on horseback left, horse´s head turned towards viewer, rough ground below, large square plume behind, rev. oval garnished shield, large plume above, no stops after REGNO, m.m. book (JGB 744 (this coin); Morr. B-2; N.2326; S.2879) struck on a slightly irregular flan, deeply toned, very fine, very rare thus Estimate £ 2,000-2,500PROVENANCE: R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 2381 J G Brooker, SCBI 33, no.744 P Hunt, portion of collection purchased privately by Colin Adams, March 2000

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