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Charles I 1643 Oxford Unite
Charles I (1625-49), gold Unite, Oxford Mint, 1643, initial mark Oxford plume, crowned and armoured bust left with sword and laurel branch, all within beaded circle and legend surrounding, CAROLVS: D: G: MAG: BR: FR: ET: HIBER: REX, rev. dotted lines dividing reverse declaration, :RELIG: PROT: / LEG: ANG: / LIBER: PAR in three lines, date below, three Oxford plumes above, legend surrounding that runs on a continuous scroll to Declaration, initial mark five pellets, EXVRGAT: DEVS: DISSIPENTVR: INIMICI, 9.10g (Schneider 320; Brooker 852; N.2389; S.2734). A little double struck on portrait and in legend both sides, otherwise good very fine and a rare reverse type.
The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on obverse "Charles by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland," and on the reverse the central Declaration as Charles I gave to the Privy Council at Wellington, Shropshire on 19th September 1642 as "The Religion of the Protestants, the Laws of England, the Liberty of Parliament" which when shown in full Latin should read "Religio Protestantium Leges Angliae Libertas Parliamenti," the outer legend translates as "Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered," a Psalm from the Bible. These coins are struck in 22 carat "crown" gold.




