The Collection of Halfcrowns formed by Brian Dawson

Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Halfcrown, 1644, mm. rosette and Oxford plume on obv., rosette on rev., Briot’s horseman, Oxford plume behind king, grassy ground line below, large Oxford plume between two smaller above Declaration, date in large script figures between pellets, ox below, between rosettes, 14.94g/7h (Bull 611/12 (Ox.16-19-5c), this coin; Morr. B-12; cf. SCBI Brooker 905; N 2426; S 2968). On an irregular flan, very fine and toned, rare £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Halfcrowns formed by Brian Dawson.

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Provenance: H.W. Morrieson Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-4 November 1933, lot 529 (part); R.C. Lockett Collection, Part IV, Glendining Auction, 26-7 April 1960, lot 4204; N. Asherson Collection, Spink Auction 6, 10 October 1979, lot 69.

This coin is illustrated in H.W. Morrieson’s article ‘The Coinage of Oxford, 1642-46’ (BNJ XVI [1921-2], pl. V, 71).