Charles I (1625-1649), Rose issues, Type 4b/3 mule, mm. crescent/mullet, 0.82g/12h (E 181; BMC 326; Cooke 1538; S 3206/3203). Good fine and a great rarity; only 5 specimens believed known, of which this is perhaps the finest in private hands £150-200

Provenance: Bt S.R. Porter 1997.

The other examples known to the cataloguer are the Peck specimen (SNC September 1976, 7571, still privately owned), Baldwin Auction 52, lot 344, Colin Cooke Collection (1538) and the British Museum