E-Auction 47 Lot 182

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Ex Bridgewater House
E-Auction 47 Lot 182

Charles I. 1625-1649. AR shilling. 6.44 gm. 33 mm. Bristol mint; Br monogram i.m. on reverse only. 1644. Good style bust left, plume in front of bust; cruciform pellets with larger central pellet at beginning of legend / Declaration; Bristol plumes above, date 1644 below. S. 3015. N. 2499. Morr. C-1. As SCBI Brooker 996 dies (Brooker coin more worn). Good Very Fine; remarkably large flan; handsome and dramatic coin.

Ex Bridgewater House, the first 1972 sale.

Ex Clarendon. Bonham's. October 2006.

 

"The final shilling (Lot 182) in this brief feature comes from the Bridgewater House collection formed in the 18th Century. A different portrait of Charles is on the obverse but the reverse has the declaration of the Royalists, RELIG PRO LEG ANG LIB PAR (“Religion of the Protestants, Laws of England, Liberty of the Parliament”). As noted in the Bridgewater House catalog, the flan is “irregular” but the centering is close and the completeness of the detail is substantially better than often seen on these issues produced far from London. Bristol’s hopes for neutrality in the Civil War were rejected when Thomas Essex marched in in 1642 for Parliament. The Royalists seized it in 1643 and Bristol became an important west coast port for Royalist forces, important enough that a mint was established there. A siege in 1645 restored Bristol to Parliamentarian control."

From an article sent to our email list on September 3rd, which can be viewed here.

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