Charles I 1643 Crown, Oxford, Shrewsbury obverse, 1643, ex Boismaison Marconi commemorative gold proof Two-Pounds

Marconi commemorative gold proof Two-Pounds

Mars walking right

Sydenham 1344)

portcullis below

the most unusual of the obverse legend readings only recorded by Burns from one example in the British Museum and therefore not illustrated by him

Charles I 1643 Crown, Oxford, Shrewsbury obverse, 1643, ex Boismaison Marconi commemorative gold proof Two-PoundsCharles I (1625 49), silver Crown, 1643, Oxford Mint, utilising Shrewsbury obverse die, armoured King on horseback left, crowned holding upright sword, plain ground line below, Shrewsbury plume in field behind, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding, initial mark pellet, . CAROLVS: D: G: MAG: BRIT: FRAN: ET: HIBER: REX, rev. Latin Declaration in two lines at centre between ruled lines RELIG: PROT: LEG ANG: LIBER: PAR, three Oxford plumes above,