Charles I (1625-1649), Rose issues, Type 4b (7), single-arched crowns, short legends, mm. mullet both sides, 0.64g/12h (E 202; BMC 345; Cooke 1581-4; S 3206); mm. crescent/mullet, 1.12g/12h (E 203; BMC 343; Cooke 1574-7; S 3206); mm. mullet/crescent, 0.90g/12h (E 204a; BMC 344; Cooke 1578, this coin; S 3206); mm. crescent both sides (3), 0.78g/12h, 0.72g/12h, 0.77g/12h (all E 206a; BMC 340; Cooke 1559-71, including 1561, this coin; S 3206); mm. crescent both sides, inverted A for V in CAROLV, 0.94g/12h (E 206b; BMC 342; Cooke 1572; S 3206); together with a rev. brockage, mm. crescent, 0.68g (cf. E 206; cf. BMC 340) [8]. First four about very fine and better, others generally fine, sixth plated at a later date, E 206b very rare £90-120

Provenance: E 202 Revd. W.E. Whittall Collection, bt C.D. Cooke 1990; E 203 bt F.J. Rist November 2004; E 204a R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 768 (part), recté BMC 344, C.D. Cooke Collection (1578); E 206a at 0.78g bt F.J. Rist April 2002; E 206a at 0.72g gift of J. Theobald December 2005; plated E 206a C.D. Cooke Collection (1561); *E 206b G.A. Entwisle Collection, C. Allerton Collection, bt C.D. Cooke 1996; brockage D.J. de S. Rogers Collection, bt P. Withers June 2007