British Coins


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Tower mint, Halfcrown, Gp II, type 2d, mm. harp, cross on housings, plume above large oval scroll-garnished shield between C-R, 15.10g/3h (Bull p.355, 155/21 (S-11-2), this coin, but not listed in main catalogue; SCBI Brooker 314, this coin; N 2208; S 2770). Obverse fine, reverse very fine, old cabinet tone, extremely rare


£4,000-£5,000


Provenance: Mrs Street Collection; R.W. Marsham[-Townshend] Collection, Sotheby Auction, 19-27 November 1888, lot 534; H. Montagu Collection, Part III, Sotheby Auction, 13-20 November 1896, lot 312; H.W. Morrieson Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-4 November 1933, lot 470; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 4-6 November 1958, lot 3401; J.G. Brooker Collection.


This coin is illustrated in G.R. Francis’s article ‘Silver Coins of the Tower Mint of Charles I’ (BNJ XIII [1916], pl. II, 4)


58


15.04g/3h (Bull 426/23; cf. SCBI Brooker 364; N 2214; S 2779). Good very fine, but weakly struck in centres, the reverse variety very rare


£200-£300


Provenance: From the Bedale (N. Yorkshire) Hoard, 2009 Tower mint, Halfcrown, Gp IV, type 4/3a2 var., mm. star (over triangle on rev.), fourth horseman, rev. 3a2 variant,


59


Tower mint, Sixpence, Gp A, 1625, mm. lis, reads MA BR FR ET HI, 3.01g/12h (SCBI Brooker 575, same obv. die; N 2235; S 2805). Portrait weak, otherwise about very fine, scarce


£150-£180


60


Tower mint (under Parliament), Halfcrown, Gp III, type 3a1, mm. tun, 15.06g/12h (cf. Bull 297-8; SCBI Brooker 334ff; N 2209; S 2773). Good very fine and toned, but obverse mint-mark weak


£150-£200 www.dnw.co.uk all lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to buyers’ premium at 24% (+VAT where applicable)


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