Obv: profile bust with plumelet before and XII behind and CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET H REX legend with four small pellets around larger central pellet at start of legend. Rev: declaration RELIG PRO / LEG ANG / LIB PAR in three lines with three plumes above and date below with EXVRGAT DEVS DISSIPENTVR INIMICI legend with 'BR monogram' mintmark. 6.03 grams.

Superb extremely fine; almost as struck on a full flan with just a touch of double strike, fields almost lustrous. A magnificent coin; at least one of the best in existence.

PROVENANCE:
Found near Coleford, Gloucestershire, UK, May 2019.

LITERATURE:
S. 3015; N. 2496; SCBI 19 (Bristol and Gloucester Museums), 204 (same dies); SCBI 33 (Brooker) 996 (same dies; also obverse die duplicate 996A, 997, 998, 999); see Grinsell, L. V., The Bristol Mint, BHA, 1972, pp.17-18 for information on the mint in this period.

FOOTNOTES:
Much finer example than any of the Bristol shillings published in SCBI 19 or Brooker and finer than any that have been traced coming to the market for many years.