The ‘Welsh Marches’ Collection of British Coins


286


Crown, Gp IV, mm. sun, 29.99g/2h (FRC XXV/XXXVIII [Sale, lot 99]; SCBI Brooker 274, same dies; N 2198; S 2761). Struck on a large flan as usual, good very fine or better, toned


£3,000-£3,600


287


Halfcrown,Gp I, type 1b, mm. cross Calvary, housings decorated, no ground line, plume above square-topped shield, 14.96g/9h (Bull 55/5, this coin; SCBI Brooker 289, this coin; N 2203; S 2767). About very fine and very rare £2,000-£2,600


Provenance: W. Allen Collection, Sotheby Auction, 14-17 March 1898, lot 190; H.W. Morrieson Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-4 November 1933, lot 466; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 4-6 November 1958, lot 3396; J.G. Brooker Collection


288


Halfcrown, Gp I, type 1b, lightweight issue [struck between 14 August and 7 September 1626], mm. cross Calvary (over lis on obv.), housings decorated, no ground line, plume above square-topped shield, 12.97g/8h (Bull 38L/5; SCBI Brooker 289; N 2203; S 2767). Good fine or better, extremely rare


£2,000-£2,600


Provenance: V.J.E. Ryan Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 22-4 January 1952, lot 1085 (part); R. Carlyon-Britton Collection; A.E. Bray Collection, Glendining Auction, 1 May 1985, lot 116; C. Adams Collection, Spink Auction 177, 1 December 2005, lot 78; bt Spink


289


Halfcrown, Gp II/I mule, mm heart, second horseman left, rose on housing, no ground line, plume above square- topped shield, 14.67g/5h (Bull 76/7; SCBI Brooker 295-6; N 2204; S 2768). Some circular scratch marks in obverse field, otherwise nearly very fine, extremely rare; one of a few surviving examples of this brief transitional issue £3,000-£3,600


Provenance: V.J.E. Ryan Collection Part II, Glendining Auction, 22-4 January 1952, lot 1088; R. Carlyon-Britton Collection; with Seaby 1959; E. Burstal Collection, Glendining Auction, 15-16 May 1968, lot 267; T.W.J.D. Dupree Collection; P. Hunt Collection; C. Adams Collection, Spink Auction 177, 1 December 2005, lot 82.


The scratches in the obverse field, which appear to have been made with a compass, do not affect the King or horse and seem to have been applied to the blank before the coin was struck. The cataloguer of the Adams collection points out similar marks on the reverse of a 1642 Oxford halfcrown, stating in his footnote “The diesinker’s compass marks for centralizing the reverse design can still be seen as faint raised lines in the declaration”. On the other hand, the lines on this specimen appear to be incuse


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