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Worcester or Shrewsbury mint, Halfcrown, mm. small lis, horseman left, sa below obliterated by large pellet (’cannonball’), rev. crowned oval shield, 14.84g/9h (Bull 674/33; Allen H-33; SCBI Brooker –; N 2602; S 3121). Scored on obverse, otherwise nearly very fine, excessively rare; the only specimen available to commerce from this die-pairing £3,000-4,000

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

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Provenance: Found at Carlton-in-Lindrick (Nottinghamshire), 2005.

The only other specimens known are in the British Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum