The COINEX Sale: Important British, Italian and World Coins

Charles I (1625-1649), Worcester mint, Halfcrown, mm. uncertain mark on obv. only, plump King on thick-set horse, rev. similar, lis stops, 13.03g/6h (Allen E-24; SCBI Brooker 1154, same dies; N 2596; S 3103). Fair, rare (£300-350)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Silver Coins of Charles I from a Private Collection.

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The mint-mark on this coin and the next was thought by Allen to be a leopard’s head, but it is too indistinct for positive identification (cf. SCBI Brooker pl. cix, note 1)

The reference is S 3105