Lot 172
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Charles I, Bristol mint, Shilling, 6.07g., 1644, m.m. cross of five pellets on obv. only, Bristol bust left, plume before, mark of value behind, rev. plume and two plumelets above declaration, 1644, Br below (Morr. C-4; JGB 996A (this coin); N.2501; S.3016A), struck on an unusually full flan, almost extremely fine, rare thus
Charles I, Bristol mint, Shilling, 6.07g., 1644, m.m. cross of five pellets on obv. only, Bristol bust left, plume before, mark of value behind, rev. plume and two plumelets above declaration, 1644, Br below (Morr. C-4; JGB 996A (this coin); N.2501; S.3016A), struck on an unusually full flan, almost extremely fine, rare thus

Details
Charles I, Bristol mint, Shilling, 6.07g., 1644, m.m. cross of five pellets on obv. only, Bristol bust left, plume before, mark of value behind, rev. plume and two plumelets above declaration, 1644, Br below (Morr. C-4; JGB 996A (this coin); N.2501; S.3016A), struck on an unusually full flan, almost extremely fine, rare thus
Provenance
R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 2488
J G Brooker collection, SCBI 33, no. 996A

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