拍品描述： Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Sir Thomas Glemhams Emergency Coinage for the King at the Siege of Carlisle (October 1644 - June 1645), Obsidional Shilling, 1645, : C : R : crowned, XII below, within linear circle, cross on top of crown breaks circle, border of dots surrounding, plain crown band, eight pellet jewels on upper arches, two pellets in within crown arches, rev. . OBS : | .: CARL :. | .1645., in three lines, extra short line above S and L, pierced rosette above and below, linear circle and border of dots surrounding, 4.82g, 1h (Nelson 3, Fig 6; Brooker 1220 same dies; North 2635; Spink 3138), peripheral nicks and pecking across a broad regular flan, dark cabinet tone an unusually bold and uniform strike for this iconic issue, about very fine for issue, very rare with perhaps only 20 examples recorded Provenance Baldwin FPL, February 2016, no. 75 - £22,500 Baldwin 96, 24 September 2015, lot 3363 Ian Gordon, CNG Auction 90, 23 May 2012, lot 2611 Nomos, FPL 1, Winter 2008, lot 99 DNW 75, 26 September 2007, lot 97