S.2940 - Pound -

Charles I - 1642 Oxford Pound, S.2940, c.51mm., 119g.  'Declaration' type, IM plume,  CAROLVS: D: G: MAGNI: BRITANI: FRAN: ET: HIB: REX, King on horseback riding over arms with cannon, sash flies behind, holding sword that does not touch inner circle, Oxford plume behind, no housing or headdress, grassy ground line below, rev. [outer legend] •:•:• EXVRGAT: DEVS: DISSIPENTVR: INIMICI, [inner legend] RELIG • PROT • LEG | ANG • LIBER • PAR in two lines in central tablet, three plumes and value above, 1642 below.

Provenance: ex. Coins of Britain, April 2020. Images courtesy of Phil Hutchings.