Lot 546
546
Charles I, Oxford mint, Pound, 1644, m.m. plume on obverse only, fine equestrian portrait of king riding over arms and armour (attributed to Thomas Rawlins), rev. large single plume above declaration in three lines within cartouche, ornamented with a lion's head (Morr. A-1; N.2402; S.2943), a little wear on king, otherwise a superb example of this celebrated type, almost extremely fine, extremely rare
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Charles I, Oxford mint, Pound, 1644, m.m. plume on obverse only, fine equestrian portrait of king riding over arms and armour (attributed to Thomas Rawlins), rev. large single plume above declaration in three lines within cartouche, ornamented with a lion's head (Morr. A-1; N.2402; S.2943), a little wear on king, otherwise a superb example of this celebrated type, almost extremely fine, extremely rare

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Charles I, Oxford mint, Pound, 1644, m.m. plume on obverse only, fine equestrian portrait of king riding over arms and armour (attributed to Thomas Rawlins), rev. large single plume above declaration in three lines within cartouche, ornamented with a lion's head (Morr. A-1; N.2402; S.2943), a little wear on king, otherwise a superb example of this celebrated type, almost extremely fine, extremely rare
Provenance
G Lambert, Puttick & Simpson, 19 January 1903, lot 105
B Roth, Sotheby, 20 July 1917, lot 323
R C Lockett, Glendining, 17 October 1956, lot 2440
H S Bareford, Stack's, 22 October 1981, lot 510
L M LaRiviere, Spink Auction 124, 19 November 1997, lot 1762
Special notice
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