A Charles I, Newark Besieged Ninepence, 1645
Height: 1 1/2"
Weight: 4.07 g, 65.7 gr
Weight: 4.07 g, 65.7 gr
H0768
$ 8,500.00
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Struck from a piece of silver plate with lion passant and crowned leopard's head hallmarks clearly visible at edge of obverse; (Hird 261 (this coin); Jessop group IV; Brooker 1226...
Struck from a piece of silver plate with lion passant and crowned leopard's head hallmarks clearly visible at edge of obverse; (Hird 261 (this coin); Jessop group IV; Brooker 1226 (obverse) and reverse dies as 1223-4; N. 2641; S. 3145, poorly struck and with a score mark at upper right edge of obverse, about fine to very fine.
Provenance:
E. W. Wheeler, Sotheby's, 12 March 1930, lot 466
A. Thellusson, Sotheby's, 19 October 1931, lot 249
Capt. R.D. Wills, Glendining, 6 December 1938, lot 569
Alderman H. Hird, Glendining, 6 March 1974, lot 261
Provenance:
E. W. Wheeler, Sotheby's, 12 March 1930, lot 466
A. Thellusson, Sotheby's, 19 October 1931, lot 249
Capt. R.D. Wills, Glendining, 6 December 1938, lot 569
Alderman H. Hird, Glendining, 6 March 1974, lot 261