Description
Charles I (1625-49), Unit, third coinage (1637-42), type I, Briot issue, half length king right, wearing ornate full armour, holding orb and lis tipped sceptre, small thistle and letter b sideways above crown, legend surrounds CAROLVS DG MAG BRITAN FRAN ET HIB REX. Rev, crowned quartered shield dividing crowned C and R, legend reads HIS PRAESVM VT PROSIM, 9.85g (S.5531; SCBI 35 [Ashmolean ~ Scottish Coins], 1392). About extremely fine, a pleasing example. Conservatively graded by NGC as AU55.
