Lot 1613

Description

Charles I, (1625-1649), Exeter mint, 1643-1646, crown, mm castle, issued 1645, Lockett 12, obverse III (28.85 g), obverse colon stops in legend, reverse mm to right of date, with colon stops in legend but single pellet stops either side of mm and date (S.3062, N.2561, Besly D26). Toned, weakly struck on parts of legend, slightly irregular shaped flan and slightly double struck in places with extra 4 in the date (16445), otherwise good very fine or better and very scarce.

Ex Dr V.J.A.Flynn Collection and previously Status International Sale 310 (lot 7067), also Noble Numismatics Sale 102 (lot 1834). Ex H.E.G.Paget Collection, Glendining's, 25 September 1946 (lot 140); Spink Auction 98, 16 June 1993 (lot 337) and again in Spink Auction Sale 4013, July 15, 2004 (lot 261).
Includes ticket from Glendining, 1946.