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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 161

Charles I, Aberystwyth mint, Halfcrown, 14.51g., obverse C, ´Aberystwyth horseman´ king in armour on spirited horse of finer style, with bushy tail trotting left, cloak flies out like arrowhead from king´s shoulders, no ground below, plume behind, reads MAG BRIT FRAN ET HIB, rev. oval garnished shield, large plume above, m.m. book (JGB 746 (same dies); Morr. C-3; N.2327; S.2880) some black deposit on surface, the flan slightly porous, otherwise fine, rare Estimate £ 400-500This horseman puncheon also occurs in the Tower group III series, lot 125 above and note.

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