Lustrous Charles I Crown

5621493.

Sold For $14500

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Crown (44mm, 300.12 g, 8h). Tower (London) mint; mm: portcullis. Struck 1633-1634. (portcullis) · CAROLVS · D’· G’· MAG’· BRI’· FRA’· ET · HI’· REX · , Charles on caparisoned horse left, holding sword in right hand and reins in left / · CHRISTO · AVSPICRE · REGNO · (portcullis) ·, coat-of-arms; plumes above. Cooper, Silver dies XIV/XVIII; Brooker 253 (same dies); North 2196; SCBC 2759. Toned with considerable underlying luster. Good VF. A rare and most handsome coin.

Ex Mark & Lottie Salton Collection; Spink Numismatic Circular LX.8-9 (August/September 1952), no. 8345 (“EF and rare,” £21/10/-).