British and World Coins, Historical Medals

Charles I (1625-1649), Bristol Mint, Halfcrown, 1644, mm, plume on obv., Br on rev., small Bristol plume behind horseman, three Bristol plumes above Declaration, date below, 15.32g/1h (SCBI Brooker 976; N 2489; S 3007). Dark tone, a little patchy on obverse, otherwise very fine
£800-£1,000

A. Lainchbury Collection, DNW Auction 122, 2 April 2014, lot 115

This particular coin was found along with ten others in a chimney at the Manor House in Bledington, Gloucestershire, c. 1910. The village was used as an encampment by Royalist forces prior to the Battle of Stow, with the nearby King’s Head Inn being used by Prince Rupert himself.