Auction Catalogue
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Shilling, Gp F, mm. triangle-in-circle, 6.01g/5h (Sharp G1/2; N 2231; S 2793). Struck on an irregular flan and legends flat in places, otherwise very fine (£70-90)
Provenance:
From the Middleham (Yorkshire) Hoard, 1993
Spink Auction 109, 4 July 1995, lot unspecified.
The Middleham hoard was probably deposited in 1648 when James, Duke of Hamilton, approached England at the head of a large army and Pontefract and Colchester were taken for the King
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