Lot 168
168
Charles I, Oxford mint, Sixpence, 3.03g., 1642, m.m. book on obv. only, from an Aberystwyth obv. die, crowned bust left, plume before, mark of value behind, MAG BRIT, rev. three Oxford plumes above declaration, 1642 below (Morr. A-1; JGB 949 (same dies); N.2458; S.2980), the reverse struck from a half-unite die too large for the flan, good very fine, a rare date
Charles I, Oxford mint, Sixpence, 3.03g., 1642, m.m. book on obv. only, from an Aberystwyth obv. die, crowned bust left, plume before, mark of value behind, MAG BRIT, rev. three Oxford plumes above declaration, 1642 below (Morr. A-1; JGB 949 (same dies); N.2458; S.2980), the reverse struck from a half-unite die too large for the flan, good very fine, a rare date

Details
Charles I, Oxford mint, Sixpence, 3.03g., 1642, m.m. book on obv. only, from an Aberystwyth obv. die, crowned bust left, plume before, mark of value behind, MAG BRIT, rev. three Oxford plumes above declaration, 1642 below (Morr. A-1; JGB 949 (same dies); N.2458; S.2980), the reverse struck from a half-unite die too large for the flan, good very fine, a rare date
Provenance
Sotheby, 23 May 1988, lot 402;
L R Stack, Sotheby, 22 April 1999, lot 775