Lot 49
49
Shrewsbury mint, Halfpound, 1642, m.m. plume on obverse only, Shrewsbury horseman riding over arms, no plume behind, rev. three Shrewsbury plumes above declaration, 58.10g. (Morr.F6; N.2368; S.2924), flan crack at 5 o'clock, legend slightly double struck, good very fine, scarce
Shrewsbury mint, Halfpound, 1642, m.m. plume on obverse only, Shrewsbury horseman riding over arms, no plume behind, rev. three Shrewsbury plumes above declaration, 58.10g. (Morr.F6; N.2368; S.2924), flan crack at 5 o'clock, legend slightly double struck, good very fine, scarce

Details
Shrewsbury mint, Halfpound, 1642, m.m. plume on obverse only, Shrewsbury horseman riding over arms, no plume behind, rev. three Shrewsbury plumes above declaration, 58.10g. (Morr.F6; N.2368; S.2924), flan crack at 5 o'clock, legend slightly double struck, good very fine, scarce
Provenance
J J Nunn, Sotheby, 27 November 1896, lot 451
G Hamilton-Smith, Glendining, 23 May 1927, lot 259
Dr A D Heath, Glendining, 9 September 1937, lot 140
H Platt Hall, Glendining, 26 July 1950, lot 157, purchased by Spink en bloc prior to the sale
J G Brooker, SCBI 33 (805)
H Selig, Spink auction 70, 31 May 1989, lot 129
Dr Bruno Mantegazza, Spink auction 113, 5 March 1996, lot 16

Lot Essay

Here the simplified pile of arms does not include a cannon, though curiously the cannon balls are still very much in evidence. Of the rest, all that remains is the pike and the drum and two drum-sticks.