Auction Catalogue
Charles I (1625-1649), ‘Lathom House’, Shilling, a uniface copy, probably Victorian, in silver, cr in pellet circle, s i below, 7.25g (cf. Nelson, BNJ 1905, p.318, fig 35; cf. DNW 102, lot 2493). Some surface scratches, otherwise good very fine, extremely rare
£400-600
A similar coin in the British Museum is attributed to Lathom House in Lancashire, supposedly struck during a siege in 1643-4 when the Countess of Derby and her followers held out against Generals Fairfax and Egerton
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