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Exeter mint, Threepence, 1644, mm. rose, rev. square-topped shield over cross fleury, date above, 1.67g/10h (Besly 1A; SCBI Brooker 1072, same dies; N 2580; S 3089). Lightly creased, otherwise good fine £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of Charles I From the Lyall Collection.

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Provenance: Bt Spink 1970.

Although on a correctly-sized flan, this coin is struck to the weight of a groat