The Michael Gietzelt Collection of British and Irish

Charles I (1625-1649), Briot’s Hammered issue, Shilling, mm. anchor (flukes to right), pellet and semi-colon stops on obv., pellet stops on rev., 5.82g/3h (Sharp, BNJ 1978, pl. x, 99, this coin; SCBI Brooker 736, this coin; N 2308; S 2862). Very fine, attractively toned and exceedingly rare; possibly only one other known specimen [British Museum] £2,400-£3,000---Provenance: G.R. Francis Collection, Glendining Auction, 24-6 March 1920, lot 173; Helen Farquhar Collection, Glendining Auction, 25 April 1955, lot 58; M.B. Sharp Collection; J.G. Brooker Collection [from M.B.S.]; R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, SNC April 2001 (HS 0341); J.R. Hulett Collection, Part XII, DNW Auction 160, 5-6 June 2019, lot 390------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk