Auction: 17006 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 857
Commonwealth (1649-60), Sixpence, 2.78g, 1659, m.m. anchor, shield of England within palm and laurel wreath, rev. conjoined shields of England and Ireland, mark of value above (ESC 213 {1496} [R6]; N.2727; S.3220), edge split at 1 o'clock, otherwise good fine, of the highest rarity, very few recorded examples
provenance:
D S Freedman, Spink auction 55, 8 October 1986, lot 79, £600
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Sold for
£3,500