429, Lot: 510. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. CU Farthing (23.3mm, 5.91 g, 6h). Tower (London) mint. Dated 1672. Laureate and armored bust left / Britannia seated left on globe, loose drapery beneath right arm, holding branch and scepter; garnished shield to right. Peck 521; SCBC 3394. VF, brown surfaces, a bit of verdigris. Rare “loose drapery” variety.
From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection.