Ex Ryan, Clark, & Rostron

5743322.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Half Pound (45mm, 4h). Declaration type. Shrewsbury mint; im: plumes. Dated 1642. (plumes) · CAROLVS : D: G : MAG : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HIB : REX ·, Charles on horseback left, holding reins in left hand and sword in right, trampling arms below / ::·:: EXVRGAT DEVS · DISSIPENTVR · INIMICI, RELIG : PROT : LEG/ ANGL : LIBER : PAR; three plumes and X (mark of value) above, 1642 below. Morrieson, Shrewsbury F/6 (same dies as illustration); Brooker 805 (same dies); North 2368; SCBC 2924. Toned. In PCGS encapsulation 52799786, graded AU 53. Top Pop.

Ex V.J.E. Ryan Collection (Part II, Glendining, 22 January 1952), lot 1274; T.A. Bearman Collection (purchased en bloc by Baldwin’s, 1922); H. Clark (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 23 May 1898); lot 290; S. Rostron Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 16 May 1892), lot 325.