AU DETAILS | Charles I 1644 gold Triple Unite Oxford mint

Charles I (1625-49), gold Triple Unite, 1644, crowned armoured half-length figure of King left, holding upright sword and palm branch, Oxford plumes with bands in field behind, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding, initial mark Shrewsbury style plumes, CAROLVS. D: G: MAG: BRI: FRA: ET: HIBER: REX., rev. abbreviated Latin Declaration inscription on continuous three line scroll at centre, RELIG: PROT /:LEG: ANG: / LIBER PAR:, date and OXON. in two lines below, three Shrewsbury style plumes over III value in field above, Latin legend commences upper left within scroll and toothed border surrounding, terminal mark five pellets, EXVRGAT. DEVS. DISSIPENTVR. INIMICI:, 27.13g (Beresford-Jones dies VII / S11; Schneider 303; N.2385; Brooker 841; S.2729). Struck on a full broad flan with some raised die striations evident as usual for this issue, good portrait detail on the King, just a hint of weakness on some high points, nick on nose, hairline raised die flaws on reverse, a little weak in parts of Declaration and date below, with a good provenance once being part of the Herman Selig Collection, very rare this well preserved, graded by NGC as UNC Details (Spot Removed).

NGC Certification 6769855-001

Provenance:
Ex Spink and Son Ltd, purchased 1976.
Ex Herman Selig, part one, Spink Coin Auction 70, 15th May 1989, lot 141.
Ex Mark Rasmussen, Numismatist, 2006, List 11, item 71.