412, Lot: 1039. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1660. Pattern CU Farthing (23mm, 3.83 g, 6h). Tower (London) mint; im: mullet. THVS ◊ VNITED ◊ INVINCIBLE, three composite-order columns bound together by rope; surmounting each column, a cross, harp, [and thistle] respectively; ·R· below / AND ◊ GOD ◊ DIRECT ◊ OVR CORSE, ship under sail left. Peck 387; North 2738; SCBC -. Near VF, rough brown surfaces, trace of hard green deposit on the obverse. Rare.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Ian Gordon Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 90, 23 May 2012), lot 2634; Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 87, 18 May 2011), lot 2108.