British Coins from the Collection formed by Allen Graves

Spanish Netherlands, Oxford mint, Crown, 1643, no mm., larger equestrian portrait with grass on ground-line, plume (with bands) behind, group of four pellets on rev., 29.47gm (Morr. B-1; SCBI Brooker 873, same dies; N 2406; S 2947). Extremely fine, a well struck and most attractive example, toned (£1,400-1,800)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Coins from the Collection formed by Allen Graves.

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Provenance:
E K Burstal Collection, Sotheby Auction, 6-7 November 1912, lot 182;
Cumberland Clark Collection, Pt II, Sotheby Auction, 22-23 January 1914, lot 102;
D Heath Collection, Glendining Auction, 9 September 1937, lot 134;
H M Lingford Collection, Pt I, Glendining Auction, 24-26 October 1950, lot 173;
Glendining Auction, 10 November 1966, lot 130;
F R Cooper Collection [bt by Spink, 1977];
Lord Rodney Smith Collection [bt by Spink, 1983];
H Selig Collection, Spink Auction 70, 31 May 1989, lot 172;
bt December 1993

See Colour Plate II