The Michael Gietzelt Collection of British and Irish

Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Halfcrown, 1644, mm. Oxford plume on obv. only, Briot’s horseman, Oxford plume behind, rough ground line below, Declaration in two lines, large Oxford plume between two smaller above, small date and ox below, both between lozenges, 14.52g/4h (Bull 617/28 (Ox.25-19-5p), this coin; Morr. G-28; cf. SCBI Brooker 911; N 2430; S 2965). Weak on horseman, otherwise very fine, toned £800-£1,000---Provenance: R.D. Beresford-Jones Collection, Spink Auction 108, 7 March 1995, lot 593; B.J. Dawson Collection, DNW Auction 156, 21 March 2019, lot 59------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk