Auction Catalogue

24 September 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British and World Coins including Important Irish Coins from a Private Collection (Part II)

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 3784

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24 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£780

Charles I (1625-1649), Exeter mint, Halfgroat, 1644, mm. rose, rev. large rose, 0.78g/2h (Besly A2; SCBI Brooker 1074, this coin; N 2582; S 3091). Obverse slightly double-struck, otherwise about very fine, toned, very rare (£400-600)

Provenance:
J.B. Bergne Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-31 May 1873, lot 721 (part)
W. Brice Collection
H. Montagu Collection, Part III, Sotheby Auction, 13-20 November 1896, lot 464
F.G. Hilton Price Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 7-8 April 1910, lot 60
Helen Farquhar Collection, Glendining Auction, 25 April 1955, lot 130
SNC June 1981 (4655)
J.G. Brooker Collection