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STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (35mm, 14.66 g, 12h). Group I, type 1a1. Tower mint; im: lis. Struck 1625. · (lis) · CA ROLVS · D · G · MAG · BRI · FR · ET · HI · REX, Charles on horseback left, raising sword over right shoulder, on plumed and caparisoned horse / (lis) CHRI STO AV SPICE REGNO, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Bull 8/1c-1(0-16); Brooker 276 (same dies); North 2200; SCBC 2763. Toned. VF. Well struck on broad flan.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Triton XXII (8 January 2019), lot 1419; Dr. J. R. Hulett (Dix Noonan Webb 142, 13 September 2017), lot 142 (with his ticket), purchased from F. Purvey, April 1975.

SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR 60 Shillings (44mm, 30.00 g, 5h). First coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: thistle. Struck 1625-1634. (thistle) CAROLVS · D · G · MAG · BRIT · FRAN · · · · (over &&) HIB · REX ·, Charles on caparisoned horse right, holding sword and reins / (thistle) · QVÆ · DEVS · CONIVNXIT · NEMO · SEPARET ·, coat-of-arms; shield in ornate frame. Murray, p. 131; Burns 1 and fig 996; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1410 (same dies); SCBC 5540. Lightly toned, slight weakness on king’s shoulder, traces of underlying luster. Near EF. Detailed portrait.

Ex A. Chesser (Dix Noonan Webb 113, 17 September 2013), lot 342.

SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR 30 Shillings (36.5mm, 14.92 g, 7h). First coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: thistle. Struck 1625-1634. (thistle) CAROLVS · D · G · MAG · BRIT · FRAN · & · HIB · REX ·, Charles on caparisoned horse right, holding sword and reins / (thistle) · QVÆ · DEVS · CONIVNXIT · NEMO · SEPARET ·, coat-of-arms; shield in ornate frame. Murray, p. 131 and pl. III, 13; Burns 21 and fig 997; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1411-12; SCBC 5541. Toned. Choice VF.

Ex B. Dawson (Dix Noonan Webb 157, 21 March 2019), lot 182.

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