429, Lot: 511. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles II. 1660-1685. CU Farthing (22.2mm, 5.42 g, 6h). Tower (London) mint. Dated 1673. Laureate and armored bust left / Britannia seated left on globe, holding branch and scepter; garnished shield to right. Peck 522; SCBC 3394. Fine, reddish-brown patina, a few marks and scratches, a bit of obverse verdigris.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection.