Important British and World Coinsxx

Charles I (1625-1649), Rose issues, Type 3 (6), crowns with pointed sides, mm. lis on rev. only, 1.00g/12h (E 164; BMC 309; Cooke 1501; S 3203); mm. lis both sides, 0.68g/12h (E 165a; BMC 305; Cooke 1499; S 3203); mm. lis both sides, R in BRIT over B, 0.62g/12h (E 165b, this coin; BMC 305 variant; Cooke –, but cf. Entwisle Collection, CDC FPL 10, 1989; S 3203); mm. cross pattée/lis, 1.05g/12h (E 167; BMC 317; Cooke 1527; S 3203); mm. lis/mullet, 0.94g/12h (E 169b; BMC 312; Cooke 1506, this coin; S 3203); mm. mullet both sides, 0.78g/12h (E 172a, and p.59, this coin illustrated; BMC 314; Cooke 1514-23; S 3203, this coin illustrated) [6]. E 164 and 169b fine, others generally about very fine and better, E 165b very rare, E 167 extremely rare
£60-80

Provenance: E 164 bt 1998; E 165a bt C.D. Cooke December 2005; E 165b bt R.K. Richardson 1997; E 167 R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 765 (part), bt N.A. Clark October 2006; E 169b Dr E.A. Johnstone Collection [from Spink April 1943], C.D. Cooke Collection (1506) [from Baldwin December 1974], bt August 2006; *E 172a found in R. Thames, bt 1990 [previously with J.S. Minshull]