Coins of Charles I From the Lyall Collection

Tower mint, Halfcrown, Gp I, type 1a3, lightweight issue [struck between 14 August and 7 September 1626], mm. cross Calvary over lis, first horseman, housings decorated, no groundline below horse, rev. no cross over shield, 13.00g/9h (Bull 32L/2 (1-16), this coin; SCBI Brooker –; N 2202; S 2766). Removed from a claw mount, otherwise good fine, reverse better, extremely rare £400-600

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

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Provenance: H.M. Lingford Collection [from Baldwin November 1943]; B.R. Osborne Collection, Glendining Auction, 23 April 1991, lot 127; C. Adams Collection, Spink Auction 177, 1 December 2005, lot 69.

The obverse die is also used with a 1a2 reverse