Lot 153
153
Charles I, Pattern Unite or Shilling or Medal, 9.15g., by Nicholas Briot, in silver, no. m.m., crowned bust with mantle right, signed B below, CAR D G MAG BRIT FR ET HIB REX, rev. crowned square-topped arms in Garter, FIDEI DEFENSOR, edge plain (JGB 1261 (this coin); M.I.375/271; N.2664), mint state, attractively toned, extremely rare
Charles I, Pattern Unite or Shilling or Medal, 9.15g., by Nicholas Briot, in silver, no. m.m., crowned bust with mantle right, signed B below, CAR D G MAG BRIT FR ET HIB REX, rev. crowned square-topped arms in Garter, FIDEI DEFENSOR, edge plain (JGB 1261 (this coin); M.I.375/271; N.2664), mint state, attractively toned, extremely rare

Details
Charles I, Pattern Unite or Shilling or Medal, 9.15g., by Nicholas Briot, in silver, no. m.m., crowned bust with mantle right, signed B below, CAR D G MAG BRIT FR ET HIB REX, rev. crowned square-topped arms in Garter, FIDEI DEFENSOR, edge plain (JGB 1261 (this coin); M.I.375/271; N.2664), mint state, attractively toned, extremely rare
Provenance
Duke of Devonshire, Christie's, 26 March 1844, lot 135
W Durrant, Sotheby, 19 April 1847, lot 682
J B Bergne, Sotheby, 20 May 1873, lot 851
W Brice collection, purchased en bloc by H Montagu, 1887
H Montagu, Sotheby, 13 November 1896, lot 399
T Bliss, Sotheby, 22 March 1916, lot 401
H Farquhar, Glendining, 25 April 1955, lot 150
J G Brooker collection, SCBI 33, no. 1261
R S James, Spink Auction 31, 12 October 1983, lot 235
H Selig, Spink Auction 70, 31 May 1989, lot 223

Lot Essay

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