Lot 152
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Charles I, Pattern Unite or Shilling, 7.80g., by Nicholas Briot, in silver, 1630, m.m. B, large bust left with jewelled crown within wire-line inner circle, MAGN BRITANN FRANC ET HIBE, rev. crowned square-topped garnished shield dividing crowned C R, 1630 above, AVSPICIIS REX MAGNE TVIS (JGB 1244 (this coin); M.I. 258/46; N.2660), virtually mint state, beautifully toned, very rare
Charles I, Pattern Unite or Shilling, 7.80g., by Nicholas Briot, in silver, 1630, m.m. B, large bust left with jewelled crown within wire-line inner circle, MAGN BRITANN FRANC ET HIBE, rev. crowned square-topped garnished shield dividing crowned C R, 1630 above, AVSPICIIS REX MAGNE TVIS (JGB 1244 (this coin); M.I. 258/46; N.2660), virtually mint state, beautifully toned, very rare

Details
Charles I, Pattern Unite or Shilling, 7.80g., by Nicholas Briot, in silver, 1630, m.m. B, large bust left with jewelled crown within wire-line inner circle, MAGN BRITANN FRANC ET HIBE, rev. crowned square-topped garnished shield dividing crowned C R, 1630 above, AVSPICIIS REX MAGNE TVIS (JGB 1244 (this coin); M.I. 258/46; N.2660), virtually mint state, beautifully toned, very rare
Provenance
M Trattle, Sotheby, 30 May 1832, lot 2947
J D Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June 1854, lot 1216
J B Bergne, Sotheby, 20 May 1873, lot 850
W Brice collection, purchased en bloc by H Montagu, 1887
H Montagu, Sotheby, 16 November 1897, lot 391
H Farquhar, Glendining, 25 April 1955, lot 147
J G Brooker collection, SCBI 33, no. 1244
R S James, Spink Auction 31, 12 October 1983, lot 234
H Selig, Spink Auction 70, 31 May 1989, lot 213

Lot Essay

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