Charles I 1644 Oxford mint Triple Unite small module, less than ten known XF45

Charles I (1625-49), gold Triple Unite of Three Pounds, dated 1644, Oxford Mint, struck on a smaller module flan, crowned smaller armoured half-length figure of King left, holding upright sword and palm branch, mostly within inner beaded circle, Oxford plumes with bands in field behind, legend and beaded borders surrounding, initial mark Shrewsbury style plumes, lozenge stops on obverse, CAROLVS. D: G: MAG: BRI: FRA: ET. HIBER: REX., rev. legend commences upper left on continuous scroll, toothed outer border surrounding, no initial mark, pellet stops, EXVRGAT. DEVS. DISSIPENTVR. INIMICI., running into Declaration inscription on three line scroll at centre, RELIG: PROT: / :LEG: ANG: / LIBER: PAR:, date below between stops, OXON below date, three Oxford plumes over III value above scroll, weight 26.77g (Beresford-Jones dies VIII / L8; Schneider 304; N.2385; Brooker 842; S.2729). Struck from the rocker press machinery of that time with associated weakness in strike evident mainly in legend at left side of obverse and right side of reverse, small flan flaw to right of sword blade, one small rim bruise on reverse, some light marks, otherwise lightly toned with a good portrait of the King, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as XF45, with only seven or eight examples extant one of the rarer die combinations, extremely rare.