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594597. Sold For $29500

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Unite (34mm, 8.35 g, 10h). Declaration type. Oxford mint; im: plume. Dated 1645. (plumes) CAROLVS · D : G · MAG : BRIT : FR : ET · HI : REX ·, crowned and armored half length bust left, holding sword in right hand and olive branch in left; XX (mark of value) to right / EXVRGAT · DEVS · DISSIPENTVR · INIMICI ·, (continuing into inner field) RELIG · PROT :/ LEG :· ANG :/ LIBER PAR on continuous scroll; three plumes above; I645 below. Beresford-Jones dies XI/19; Brooker 855 (same dies); Schneider 327 (same dies); North 2389; SCBC 2738. In NGC encapsulation 2119539-003, graded AU 55. Richly toned. A very rare date.


Ex Dr. Baumhauer Collection; R. Beresford-Jones (Spink 29, 2 June 1983), lot 125; V.J.E. Ryan (Glendining, 28 June 1950), lot 543.

Unites dated 1645 are known from two reverse types; one – as the piece offered here – with three plumes above the declaration (SCBC 2738), and the other with a single plume above the declaration and OX below the date (SCBC 2739). We believe there to be only 4 examples of the three plume type and two examples of the single plume type in private hands.