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1644 Charles I Oxford Mint Gold Unite - Ex Cope Collection
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Charles I (1625-1649) Oxford Mint (1642 - 46) Unite (. Declaration type. Oxford mint; im: plume/–. Dated 1644. Crowned bust left, holding olive branch; XX (mark of value) to right rev. decalartion in three lines RELIG : PROT :/ LEG :· ANG :/ LIBER : PAR; three plumes above; below, I644/ OX. (S.2735; N. 2389; Sch. 325; brooker 853) weight 9.15 grams
Once gilt with a few light marks on edge and in fields. otherwise an exceptional example with an imposing and impressive portrait of the king.
Provenance
Ex Geoffery Cope Collection (purchased December 2005)
Ex Spink 82 (27 March 1991), lot 84.