Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Crown, Gp III, mm. triangle-in-circle (over star on obv, over star, over triangle, over anchor on rev.), Briot horseman, groundline below, lozenge stops, 29.82g/11h (Cooper, BNJ XXXVII, p.116, no.1, this coin; SCBI Brooker 267, this coin; N 2195; S 2758). Fine or better, excessively rare; one of three known specimens
£2,000-2,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, English Coins from the Collection of the late Dr John Hulett.

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Provenance: H.W. Morrieson Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-4 November 1933, lot 433; H.M. Lingford Collection, Pt I, Glendining Auction, 24-26 October 1950, lot 132; W.B. Thorpe Collection; R. Carlyon-Britton Collection (XII 585); SCMB January 1962 (Y 164); J.G. Brooker Collection; SNC July-August 1986 (5044); bt Spink April 1988